SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The mayor of Berlin, Kai Wegner, who has publicly opposed the continued presence of a statue commemorating victims of wartime sexual slavery, known as “comfort women,” has now reportedly exerted pressure to cut funding for the civic group responsible for erecting the memorial, according to local media reports. German [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – In a quiet corner of western Japan, a group of dedicated citizens is working to shed light on a long-forgotten tragedy that claimed the lives of 183 miners, including 136 Koreans, during World War II. The Chosei coal mine disaster, which occurred on February 3, 1942, in the city of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — An attempt by victims of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery to collect court-ordered compensation from the Japanese government has fallen through as Tokyo refused to submit a list of its assets in South Korea. The case involves several Korean victims of Japan’s sexual enslavement during World War II, who won [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Monday criticized the government for failing to prevent a Japanese gold mine associated with Korea’s wartime forced labor from being listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. On Saturday, the UNESCO World Heritage committee decided to add the controversial mine as a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Japan’s former gold mine, associated with South Korea’s wartime forced labor, is expected to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site over the weekend, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday. Seoul has protested Tokyo’s push to enlist its gold and silver mine complex on Sado Island, arguing that Japan [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Friday it is preparing for a grand event celebrating the upcoming 71st anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, with its leader Kim Jong-un sending gifts to war veterans across the nation. North Korea will hold celebrations for the anniversary [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will hold a ceremony this weekend to honor U.N. veterans who fought alongside its troops during the 1950-53 Korean War, the veterans ministry said Friday. The event is set to be attended by over 1,000 people, including 16 U.N. veterans, and will take place Saturday in western [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. lawmakers, Korean Americans and others gathered in Washington on Wednesday to honor Korean War veterans and hope for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, as they commemorated the signing of the armistice that halted the conflict 71 years ago. Celebrating the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court has ruled that the government was justified in denying national merit status to a man who was executed by North Korean forces during the Korean War after moving rice on orders from South Korean troops. According to legal sources on July 15, the 8th Administrative Division [...]
GWANGJU, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean court ordered Nippon Coke & Engineering on Tuesday to compensate Korean victims for their forced labor at Japanese mines during World War II. The Gwangju District Court ordered the Japanese firm to pay compensation ranging from 13 million won (US$9,400) to 100 million won to each [...]