SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld another appellate court ruling that ordered a Japanese company to compensate the family of a late South Korean forced into wartime labor during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule. The top court handed down the decision on a damages suit filed by the victim’s family [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld two appellate court rulings that ordered Japanese companies to compensate South Koreans forced into wartime labor during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule. The top court handed down the decisions on two damages suits filed against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Nippon Steel Corp. between [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Two victims of wartime forced labor by Japan have filed a lawsuit seeking to collect compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ affiliate in South Korea, their legal representatives said Thursday. One surviving victim and bereaved family members of the other victim lodged the suit against Mitsubishi on Wednesday, asking the [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO Holdings Inc., the country’s leading steelmaker, said Wednesday it has decided to donate 4 billion won (US$3.1 million) to support a plan floated by the South Korean government to compensate the victims of forced labor under Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation. In 2012, POSCO promised to donate 10 billion won [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Surviving Korean victims of wartime forced labor delivered their formal position to reject the government’s compensation plan to a public foundation in charge of the controversial process, according to their legal representatives Monday. They are among those who won compensation cases against Japanese companies at South Korea’s Supreme Court [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 60 percent of South Koreans are against the government’s plan to compensate victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor on its own without involving Japanese firms, a poll showed Friday. In the poll of 1,002 adults conducted by Gallup Korea on Wednesday and Thursday, 59 percent said they oppose [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — On August 13, 2019, a special episode of “You Quiz on the Block,” a popular Korean talk show and quiz program, was aired to commemorate Liberation Day and convey the heart-wrenching experiences of Korean patriots who suffered during the independence movement and Japanese colonial period. The show’s hosts, Yoo [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a government-private consultative body Monday tasked with exploring ways to resolve the long-standing diplomatic row with Japan about compensation for the Korean victims of wartime forced labor, a sticking point in their relations. First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong presided over the inaugural session of the [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A sculptor couple, known for their “comfort women” statue representing wartime sex slaves, has won a libel suit against an internet media operator who claimed another of the couple’s sculpture representing forced labor victims was modeled after a Japanese man. The Seoul Western District Court ordered the head of [...]
GWANGJU, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of registered surviving South Korean victims of wartime forced labor in Japan decreased by 585 for the past year, data showed Monday. A civic group unveiled government statistics on medical assistance provided to people who were conscripted to work in Japan during World War II. The data [...]