AN INDIAN-AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN SEEKS FBI INQUIRY INTO VANDALISM OF MAHATMA GANDHI STATUE

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• Last week, a bronze statue of Gandhi in the Central Park of the city of Davis in Northern California was vandalised, broken and ripped from the base by unknown miscreants

• A case has already been registered and the investigation is under the process

BERLIN DECIDES TO KEEP ‘COMFORT WOMAN’ STATUE; JAPAN EXPRESSES REGRET

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• Berlin decides to keep ‘Comfort Woman’ statue; Japan expresses regret.
• The statue was installed by a South Korean civic group in Berlin’s Mitte district.
• The Mitte district has permitted the installation...

JAPAN CITY SENT A LETTER TO BERLIN FOR THE REMOVAL OF ‘COMFORT WOMAN’ STATUE

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• Japan city sent a letter to Berlin for the removal of ‘Comfort Woman’ statue.
• The statue was set up on public land in the Mitte district of Berlin.
• Japan Foreign Ministry had issued a document in German to exp...

KOREAN COMEDY ‘COLLECTORS’ SETS CASH REGISTERS RINGING AT BOX-OFFICE

• The comedy film "Collectors" found itself perched at the top of the local box office on its opening day Wednesday, selling about 80,000 tickets and grossing 701.6 million won.
• Director Park Jung-bae's debut feature film revolves around a group of excavators going ...

‘COLLECTORS’: LAUGH-A-MINUTE RIOT TO MAKE YOU ROLL IN THE AISLES

• ‘Collectors’ is a laugh-a-minute riot that can make audiences laugh intensively amid the pandemic gloom. Apart from the story itself, the acting in the film is spectacular and etched by four actors whose performances capture the light-hearted atmosphere of the film.

LIFE-SIZE MOVING GUNDAM STATUE TO MAKE ITS PUBLIC DEBUT ON DECEMBER

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• Life-size moving Gundam statue to make its public debut in December.
• The statue is currently at the Gundam Factory Yokohama complex in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.
• The original opening day was Oct.1 but was delayed due to t...

STATUE ERECTION MAKING STATEHEADS SWIVEL FOR THE WRONG REASONS

• Of late a botanical garden in Korea constructed a statue that showed a man kneeling before a girl who represents victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery. 
• Tokyo is fuming at the structure which is titled "A heartfelt apology." 

The bo...

JAPAN IS UNHAPPY WITH THE CONTROVERSIAL STATUTE OF THE SOUTH KOREAN ‘COMFORT WOMAN’

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• Japan is unhappy with the controversial statue of the South Korean ‘Comfort Woman’.
• Japan warns that the statue may hurt ties with South Korea.
• The person bowing to the ‘comfort woman’ resembles l...

VANDALISM OF ANY MONUMENT, STATUE, OR MEMORIAL WILL TRIGGER MAX. PROSECUTION

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• Protesters try to pull down Confederate statue in Lafayette Park with ropes 
• Trump, as promised, has signed a “strong” executive order to punish such vandals

During the recent protests against racism, many historical stat...

LORD HANUMAN BLESSES THE UNITED STATES, TAKING THE FORM OF SECOND TALLEST STATUE OF THE NATION

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• Second tallest statue of the nation, the statue of Hindu Lord Hanuman was established in the United States.
• The statue, built in Delaware is o...

MAHATMA GANDHI STATUE DESECRATED OUTSIDE INDIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON

The ongoing protests in the capital city of the United States have taken an ugly turn as some of the unruly elements have vandalised the statue of Mahatma Gandhi that is placed outside the Indian Embassy in Washington D.C. 
After this unfortunate incident, the United States Federal Go...

CHINA MOCKS U.S. IN AN ANIMATED VIDEO TITLED ‘ONCE UPON A VIRUS'

A short animation titled “Once Upon a Virus” was published by China. This animation focuses on mocking the U.S. and their response to coronavirus, while comparing the measures taken by both the countries. 
This animated video arrives at the time when China and the U.S. are...