A bronze statue symbolizing women forced to work in wartime brothels for the Japanese military was unveiled Tuesday in the southern Taiwan city of Tainan, the first such memorial erected in the country.The statue portrays a girl raising both hands to the sky to express her helpless resistance to suppression and silent protest, according to its creator.Although installing the statue could cast a shadow over Japan-Taiwan ties, a Taiwanese government source said Taipei was not involved in any way.But former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou of the main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) spoke a…READ FULL ARTICLE