(13 Aug 2013)
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1. Wide of South Korean military veterans chanting anti-Japanese slogans in front of Japanese embassy in Seoul, UPSOUND (Korean): "Japan reform!"
2. Close up of South Korean veteran chanting
3. Mid of veterans chanting whilst holding banners and South Korean flags
4. Mid of veterans placing flowers with a tag reading (Korean) "Marking the 68th anniversary of the 15th August day of liberation" by statue of comfort woman in front of Japanese embassy
5. Various of veterans putting flowers next to the statue
6. Mid of police officers
7. Mid of a president of the South Korean War Veterans Association Kwon Oh-gang making a speech
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Kwon Oh-gang, president of the South Korean War Veterans Association:
"We are having a rally to urge Japan to put aside a revival of militarism and to apologise and reflect on its past wrongdoings."
9. Wide of veterans chanting by statue of comfort woman
10. Mid of veterans marching round the statue
11. Mid of Japanese flag
12. Mid tilt down of police vehicles outside Japanese embassy
STORYLINE:
About fifty South Korean veterans gathered in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul on Tuesday to insist that Japan apologise for its past brutal colonisation of Korea as the country commemorates the 68th anniversary of its liberation from Japanese rule this week.
Veterans chanted and denounced the Japanese authorities for what they claim is a distortion of history by denying the alleged abuse of Korean people during the Japanese colonial era, particularly beatings, massacres and sexual slavery.
They also criticised Japan for maintaining a claim on a disputed islet in the East Sea.
"We are having a rally to urge Japan to put aside a revival of militarism and to apologise and reflect on its past wrongdoings," said Kwon Oh-gang, the president of the South Korean War Veterans Association.
The Dokdo Islands, as they are known in South Korea, are currently under the control of the Seoul government, but Japan has often laid claim to the islets which it calls Takeshima in Japanese.
During the rally, veterans placed a wreath beside a comfort woman statue placed across from the Japanese embassy in Seoul to commemorate the 68th anniversary of Korea's liberation.
The veterans also marched through the area by the Japanese embassy as police officers stood on guard by its entrance.
Historians say up to 200-thousand women, mainly from the Korean Peninsula and China, were forced to provide sex for Japanese soldiers in military brothels.
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