TOKYO/SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government held its own ceremony in Japan on Monday to honor Korean forced labor victims from an old Japanese mine complex, after boycotting a Japan-hosted event over Tokyo’s apparent insincerity in delivering on its pledge to remember the victims. Foreign ministry officials from Seoul and nine [...]
TOKYO, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government on Monday expressed regret over South Korea boycotting a Japan-led event honoring wartime forced labor victims, including Koreans, from an old Japanese mine complex. The remark came as South Korea boycotted the memorial held on Sado Island, off Japan’s west coast, on Sunday and held its [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A delegation of South Korean lawmakers who visited Japan’s Sado Gold Mine in Niigata Prefecture has accused Japanese authorities of attempting to conceal the history of forced labor at the site. The five-member delegation, comprising representatives from the Democratic Party of Korea, the Transition Korea Party, and the Progressive Party, [...]
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, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Growing concerns are being raised over the Japanese government’s apparent “regression in historical awareness.” This issue was highlighted once again with the approval of elementary school textbooks that contain deteriorated descriptions of forced labor and Dokdo, which may pose a significant obstacle to future Korea-Japan relations. Another issue that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s foreign ministry called in a Japanese Embassy official in Seoul on Friday to lodge a formal protest against Tokyo’s move to have a mine linked to the wartime forced labor of Koreans listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The previous day, the Japanese government submitted a [...]
TOKYO, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government has effectively excluded its 20th century wartime atrocity against Koreans in a letter of formal recommendation for its former gold and silver mine, according to informed sources Monday. Tokyo has launched a campaign to get the Sado mine designated as UNESCO world heritage next year despite [...]
TOKYO, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Japanese government on Tuesday sought the UNESCO World Heritage listing of a gold mine, according to a local media report, despite strong protests from South Korea over its connection to wartime forced labor Following approval from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Tokyo government submitted a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The already fraught ties between South Korea and Japan were dealt yet another setback Friday when Tokyo plowed ahead with the recommendation of a former mine linked to wartime forced labor as a UNESCO World Heritage candidate despite Seoul’s objections. After weeks of deliberation, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida [...]