Court sides with victims' families in wartime forced labor suit

Gwangju District Court on Thursday sided with relatives of late wartime forced labor victims in a damages suit filed against Japanese steelmaker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

2024-02-15

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 victim passes away at 93

Yang testified that her Japanese teacher told her that she would be able to make an earning while studying for free if she left for Japan. However, Yang said her life in Japan was like living behind prison.

2023-05-11

PPP slams DP's demand to withdraw compensation plan

Political wrangling over the forced labor issue continued in Korea on Tuesday as members of the People Power Party (PPP) protested a resolution passed by the Democratic Party (DP) demanding revocation of the government plan to compensate the...

2023-03-14

Solution to forced labor issue won't please everybody

The ball is in Japan’s court in the forced labor compensation issue, said the Foreign Ministry. “Basically, there must be some sincere response from Japan, based on which the final solution can be designed at the [Korean] government level...

2023-01-24

Han, Kishida discuss forced labor compensation issue

The prime ministers of Korea and Japan discussed ways to move forward on the forced labor issue, the biggest problem in diplomatic ties in recent years, in a meeting in Tokyo on Wednesday...

2022-09-28

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

Hyundai Mobis hires former execs to head Japanese branch

Hyundai Mobis said Wednesday it has hired two former executives who previously worked at Mitsubishi Motors and Mazda Motor in a bid to focus on the Japanese automobile market.

2022-04-27

Court dismisses lawsuits by forced labor victims seeking compensation

A local court dismissed Wednesday a lawsuit filed by a 104-year-old victim of Japan's wartime forced labor seeking compensation from his former employer.

2022-02-23

Supreme Court dismisses appeal by Mitsubishi over forced labor compensation

The Supreme Court recently dismissed another appeal filed by Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the ongoing legal row over the compensation of forced labor victims, sources said Tuesday. The court on Dec. 27 dismissed an appeal Mitsubishi...

2022-01-11

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