Asahi and Mainichi reported from Seoul that the GOJ has asked the ROK government to nip in the bud an idea presented by a South Korean civic organization to erect in front of the Japanese Consulate General on Jeju Island a statue in memory of the Korean victims of forced labor by Japanese companies during WWII. A separate NGO has been pursuing similar projects in front of the Japanese Embassy in Seoul and the Consulate General in Busan.