Korea Joongang Daily
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Forced labor survivor withdraws motion for liquidation of Japanese assets

A Korean survivor of Japan's wartime forced labor withdrew a request for a court motion to liquidate the assets of Japanese companies after accepting the government's compensation plan.

2023-06-08

Forced labor victims say they don't want government's compensation

In concluding a series of meetings with civic organizations and experts to discuss Korea’s forced labor issue with Japan on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said it is well aware that forced labor victims don’t want the Korean government to step in to...

2022-09-06

Put off liquidations, Korea's envoy to Tokyo proposes

Korea's ambassador to Japan proposed holding off the liquidation of Japanese assets to compensate victims of wartime forced labor for the sake of better relations with Tokyo. "I think it is necessary to freeze the liquidation process and create a...

2022-08-09

Korea's top envoy finds Kishida 'attentive' in Tokyo

Foreign Minister Park Jin stressed Seoul’s commitment to improving relations with Tokyo in a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday. “After meeting with Prime Minister Kishida several times on the occasion of the NATO summit…

2022-07-19

Japan foreign minister claims wartime victims' compensation is law violation

The recent Korean court order to sell Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' assets in the country to compensate Korean victims of Japanese wartime forced labor was a “clear violation of international law,” Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said...

2021-09-29

Court appraises Japanese company's assets to pay forced labor victims

A Daegu court appraised a joint Korean-Japanese venture company in Korea as it prepares to sell off the assets of a Japanese steel company to compensate wartime forced labor victims. The Pohang branch of the Daegu District Court announced Thursday...

2021-05-13

Daegu court can proceed to sell off Japanese assets

Seoul and Tokyo are looking at an extended period of rocky relations after a Daegu court Tuesday finished serving notice on Nippon Steel that its assets in Korea would be seized to compensate wartime forced labor victims.

2020-08-04