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Last holdout accepts 'third-party reimbursement' for forced labor victims

Lee Chun-sik, an elderly victim of forced labor during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule, accepted the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s "third-party reimbursement" plan on Wednesday, making him the last surviving victim to do so.

2024-10-30

Wartime forced labor victim accepts third-party compensation after long holdout

Yang Geum-deok, an elderly victim of forced labor during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule, accepted the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s "third-party reimbursement" plan on Wednesday.

2024-10-23

President Yoon pledges support for independence fighters' legacy and descendants

President Yoon Suk Yeol told descendants of independence fighters that he will work toward ensuring that the legacy of freedom fighters is properly honored, and that their relatives will also be taken care of, on Wednesday, the eve of Liberation Day.

2024-08-14

Tackling the return of a one-man rule

If we want to turn this crisis into another opportunity, we must have that “Team Korea” spirit again — and a sense of calmness.

2024-07-14

The fatal attraction of abusing majority rule

Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung must keep at bay the temptation to use the easy weapon of majority power.

2024-05-27

For the rule of law, not rule by law

President Yoon Suk Yeol must start by breaking himself from the never-ending conflict to go closer to the people in desperate need.

2024-05-13

K League to unify promotion-relegation system across all 7 leagues

In just a few years it will be theoretically possible for a club to climb all the way up the ranks from the K7 to the K League 1, as the KFA revamps the Korean football ecosystem in to a single promotion-relegation system.

2024-03-28

Supreme Court upholds rulings ordering Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Koreans who were forced to work in a Japanese munitions company during World War II. The court ordered Japanese machine maker Fujikoshi to pay the plaintiffs 2.1 billion won ($1.57 million).

2024-01-25

Victory for forced labor victims

Lee Gyeong-ja, a daughter-in-law of Choi Jeong-rye, a Korean victim of Japan's wartime forced labor, speaks to reporters in front of the court in southern Seoul, after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the victims and plaintiffs on Thursday.

2023-12-28

K League to relax Asian quota in 2025, count 'homegrown' foreign players as Korean

More foreign players will be soon be eligible to play football in Korea under new K League rules announced Tuesday, including counting some foreign players as Korean and relaxing the Asian quota in 2025. The U-22 rule will also allow more subs.

2023-12-06