SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s abrupt decision to boycott a memorial ceremony at Japan’s Sado Mine has ignited controversy, with Seoul accusing Tokyo of reneging on promises to honor Korean forced laborers from Japan’s colonial era. The decision, announced on November 23, underscores tensions over Japan’s perceived backtracking on commitments to address historical [...]
TOKYO, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – In a defiant move, families of victims of forced labor during World War II, who have rejected South Korea’s proposed solution of third-party compensation, visited Japanese companies on March 25 to demand a direct apology and payment from the firms involved. However, their efforts were met with a [...]
ANYANG, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The families of four forced labor victims have withdrawn a request to seize what was believed to be assets of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. in South Korea, legal sources said Thursday. The families recently filed the withdrawal request with the Anyang branch of the Suwon District Court, just [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A local court on Monday dismissed a damages suit launched by 85 South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan and their families against 16 Japanese companies, saying the plaintiffs don’t have litigation rights. The Seoul Central District Court said South Korean wartime forced laborers cannot claim individual [...]
GWANGJU, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor denounced Tokyo on Thursday for restricting tech material exports in an apparent response to the Korean top court’s rulings on compensation over Japan’s wrongdoings. Japan said earlier this week it will tighten regulations on exports to South Korea of high-tech chemicals [...]
GWANGJU, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court is scheduled to deliver its verdicts this week in two separate suits that elderly Korean victims filed against Japanese firm Mitsubishi for compensation for their forced labor during World War II. On Tuesday, the Gwangju District Court plans to rule on a suit that forced [...]