There is this bronze statue of a Korean teenage girl in Seoul, representing the 'comfort women' who were forced to have sex with Japanese soldiers during the war. And Japan doesn't like it.

Japanese officials have recently asked the South Korean government to remove this statue in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul. This isn't the first time Japan has asked Korea to remove the statue. The statue was put up by Korean activists back in December 2011.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is said to have brought up the statue with South Korean President Park Geun-hye during recent talks. But taking down the statue is said to be up to the activists themselves, not the South Korean government.

The issue of comfort women back in World War 2 is still a controversial topic today, as Koreans believe the women were never fully compensated for their horrible experience, while Japan believes it was all settled in the bilateral treaty of 1965.

Back when Korea was under imperial rule of Japan, during World War 2, many Korean women were taken as 'comfort women', who were basically sex slaves to Japanese soldiers. Testimonies from comfort women say they were abducted from their homes or lured with promises of jobs in factories or restaurants.

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Weekly protests are held every Wednesday by the Japanese embassy in Seoul about the way Japan has handled the issue of comfort women.