Public parks aren't the place for foreign political fights
Los Angeles Daily News editorial board
Updated:
08/21/2013 12:29:21 PM EDT
American parks and monuments shouldn't be used as political battlegrounds by other countries in dispute.
South Korean war veterans hold their national flags near the statue symbolizing a wartime sex slave during a rally demanding full compensation and apology for wartime sex slaves from the Japanese. About 50 veterans participated in a rally ahead of the country's 68th anniversary of the Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule. American cities with public parks and monuments are sometimes caught in such fights. ((AP Photo/Lee Jin-man))