Photo Gallery: Memorial ceremony for recently deceased comfort woman Keum Ja Hwang

Kuk Jo and Jong Jo, of Long Beach and behind the Soo Kim, of Los Angeles, light incense Hwang Keum-ja, one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors who died on Jan 25 in Korea, at the Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)

Kuk Jo and Jong Jo, of Long Beach and behind the Soo Kim, of Los Angeles, light incense Hwang Keum-ja, one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors who died on Jan 25 in Korea, at the Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

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Korean supporters of a Glendale statue honoring so-called comfort women hosted an incense ceremony at the monument to honor a former victim who died last Saturday in Korea. Keum Ja Hwang was one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors.

Photo Gallery: Comfort woman Keum Ja Hwang memorial at Comfort Women Statue

Kuk Jo and Jong Jo, of Long Beach and behind them Soo Kim, of Los Angeles, bow in prayer at a memorial for Hwang Keum-ja, one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors who died on Jan 25 in Korea, at the Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Comfort woman Keum Ja Hwang memorial at Comfort Women Statue

Phyllis Kim bows in prayer at a memorial she set up for Hwang Keum-ja, one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors who died on Jan 25 in Korea, at the Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Comfort woman Keum Ja Hwang memorial at Comfort Women Statue

Kuk Jo, of Long Beach, touches the head of the Comfort Women statue after praying at a memorial for Hwang Keum-ja, one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors who died on Jan 25 in Korea, at the Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Comfort woman Keum Ja Hwang memorial at Comfort Women Statue

A memorial for Hwang Keum-ja, one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors who died on Jan 25 in Korea, at the Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Comfort woman Keum Ja Hwang memorial at Comfort Women Statue

Phyllis Kim sets a photo of Hwang Keum-ja on a table at a memorial for her, one of 55 remaining comfort women survivors who died on Jan 25 in Korea, at the Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Photo Gallery: Comfort woman Keum Ja Hwang memorial at Comfort Women Statue

The Comfort Women Statue in Central Park in Glendale on Thursday, January 30, 2014. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)