The Korean American Association of Greater New York installed the city’s first comfort women statue at its Museum of Korean American Heritage in Manhattan, reports Times Ledger.

A controversy over a proposed memorial to comfort women has developed in Fort Lee, where representatives of two Japanese organizations have raised objections, The Korea Times reports.

Two comfort women traveled from Korea to the U.S. to meet with Holocaust survivors in the NYC area and provide testimony about the suffering they experienced at the hands of the Japanese military in World War II, Newsroh reports.

Survivor Young Soo Lee, 88, joined Laurie Cumbo and other officials, and the Coalition for Comfort Women at City Hall, to mark International Women’s Day and spread awareness of the plight of comfort women, report Kings County Politics and The Korea Times.

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken encouraged Korean-American groups to support the agreement on comfort women reached by Japan and Korea, much to the ire of Korean organizations in New York, reports Korea Daily.

Following the recent agreement between Japan and Korea on comfort women, community leaders spoke at Palisades Park, New Jersey, saying they would continue to educate people about the history of comfort women and the importance of human rights, Korea Daily reports.

“Comfort Women: A New Musical,” about a difficult and controversial episode in history, debuts in NYC.

Rep. Grace Meng did not intend a snub when she refused the offer of a book on Korean “comfort women,” her office explained to The Korea Times.

A New Jersey high school teacher is publishing a series of children’s books told through the eyes of an African-American boy and his Korean taekwondo instructor, reports Korea Daily.

Two extremist Japanese groups filed a petition with officials of Palisades Park, N.J., asking that no class be taught about Korea’s comfort women, reports The Korea Times.

The Korea Times and Korea Daily reported on two recent events commemorating Korea’s “comfort women.”

Chinese demonstrators gathered outside the Japanese consulate to protest the prime minister’s visit to the U.S., citing indications of a revival of Japanese imperialism, reports World Journal.

The controversial New Jersey memorial dedicated to the women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Army during World War II, which Japanese officials tried to remove last May, has been the subject of several stories in the Korea Daily this month.

A Japanese group has published an “objection advertisement” in New Jersey’s Star Ledger newspaper, rebutting the “Do You Remember?” ad campaign launched by two Koreans, reported Korea Daily.

In our roundup today: a memoir by a rabbi’s wife turned feminist artist; a Bronx high school student’s take on the role of family and religion; dueling petitions on a controversial monument in New Jersey; and a Mexican music festival.