The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case calling for the removal of a controversial statue in Glendale that honors women who were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II. The decision comes three years after a lawsuit was filed against the city asking that the statue be removed. Honoring "comfort women,” the statue depicts a girl in Korean dress sitting next to an empty chair. As many as 200,000 women from Korea and other countries were reportedly coerced into becoming comfort women. The decision was also upheld in 2016 by an appellate court where it reaffirmed Glendale’s right to erect the statue.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 31, 2017 22:12 UTC