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Symbol of peace divides communities

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COMFORT WOMEN PIC Source: SBS

Generations of anger over the use of sex slaves in war is spilling over in an Australian suburb. Korean and Japanese communities are split over plans for a statue to honour World War Two's so-called "comfort women".



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