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A woman statue honoring the victims of Japane’s colonial period sexual slavery is facing difficulties Italy after a citty official discussed possible change to tis inscription.
Last December, a South Korean civic group requested mayor of Stintino, Rita Vallebella, to erect the statue in the city last December. Vallebella welcomed the request, expressing her support for acknowledging all forms of violence against humanity and women.
However, she is considering altering the inscription, which currently presents only South Korea's perspective on the sexual slavery issue, according to news reports. She does not intend to demolish the figure.
Set to be released on June 22, the inscription includes how Japanese soldiers forcibly enslaved many Korean girls and women as sexual slaves.
The inscription is written in Korean, as well as Italian and English, and more languages can be accessed through QR codes.
The Stinitino statue will be the second to be installed in Europe following the first figure in Berlin, Germany, in 2020.
The Mitte district office in the German capital announced a plan to remove the statue from by the September 28, as renewal of the special permit for the statue failed.
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With a surge in spam messages, hacking has emerged as the primary cause of personal information leaks.
Information breaches from public organization hacks have notably increased, posing significant risks to national security.
Data released by Rep. Park Chung-kwon of the ruling People Power Party, sourced from the Korea Internet & Security Agency, shows that there were 151 cases of personal information leakage through hacking, nearly half of the total 318 cases.
Breaking it down by sector, private organizations experienced 136 cases of hacking-related leaks, while public organizations accounted for 15 cases. The number of hacks in public organizations had remained in single digits since 2019 but rose to 15 last year.
In response, Park proposed a bill to amend the relevant Act, requiring public organizations to report cyberattacks to the National Intelligence Service.