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Korea JoongAng Daily

Leaving a legacy or unfinished business?

In the meantime, it is the victims and their families who suffer the most.

2024-09-24

Korea receives partial passenger list of ship that mysteriously sank repatriating Korean forced laborers in 1945

A part of the passenger list of the Ukishima Maru, a Japanese ship that was repatriating forcibly mobilized Koreans from Japan when it sank in August 1945, was obtained by Korea's Foreign Ministry after negotiations with the Japanese government.

2024-09-05

Appellate court overturns ruling against forced labor victims

A Seoul court of appeals again reversed a district court ruling on compensation for South Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor Thursday, ordering Japan's Nishimatsu Construction to compensate five victims.

2024-09-05

Seoul court orders Japanese company to compensate forced labor victim's children

A Seoul court of appeals, reversing a ruling by a district court, ordered Japan's Nippon Steel Corp. on Thursday to pay compensation of 100 million won ($74,750) to four children of a deceased South Korean victim of Japan's wartime forced labor.

2024-08-22

Actor Lee Young-ae donates 100 million won to support victims of Japanese forced mobilization

Actor Lee Young-ae donated 100 million won ($73,500) to the Foundation for Victims of Forced Mobilization by Imperial Japan (FOMO), the foundation announced Tuesday.

2024-08-14

Conspicuous absence of 'forced labor' references at Unesco-registered mine in Japan raises eyebrows in Korea

Japan's omission of references to the "forced mobilization" of Korean laborers in the exhibition space for the Sado mines, a site associated with large-scale forced labor of Koreans during Japan's colonial rule of Korea, sparked controversy in Seoul.

2024-07-29

Seoul court orders Japanese company to compensate Korean forced labor victim

A Seoul appeals court on Thursday ruled in favor of a late South Korean victim of Japan's wartime forced labor, ordering Japanese construction company Kumagai Gumi to pay 100 million won ($72,200) in compensation to his bereaved family.

2024-06-20

Korean, Japanese companies need to donate more, head of forced labor reparation fund says

More funding and participation from both Korean and Japanese companies are needed for the third-party reparation of victims of forced labor, said the head of a foundation for the compensation of Korean victims of wartime forced labor.

2024-06-02

Japan praises Korean-led solution to forced labor issue, but mum on follow-up

The Japanese government said Wednesday it has a positive view of the Korean-led solution to the Japanese forced labor compensation issue announced a year ago Wednesday, noting it has contributed to improving bilateral relations.

2024-03-06

Japan summons Korean ambassador over forced labor compensation

The Japanese government on Wednesday summoned the Korean ambassador to Japan after a forced wartime labor victim's family received compensation deposited by a Japanese company.

2024-02-21