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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea announced on Monday a plan to compensate victims of forced labor under Japan's colonization through a government foundation with funds from South Korean companies.
SEOUL — South Korea took a step toward improving ties with its traditional rival Japan on Monday, announcing a plan to compensate Koreans who performed forced labor during Tokyo’s colonial ...
Yang Geum-deok (2nd from left), a South Korean victim of Japan's wartime forced labor, and former South Korean "comfort woman" Lee Yong-soo (2nd from right), who was forced into sexual slavery for ...
South Korea said on Monday that its companies would compensate people forced to work under Japan's 1910-1945 occupation. Skip to main content Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial ...
Family members of forced labor victims during the Japan's colonial period, arrive at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023.
Japan maintains that the forced-labor issue was settled in 1965, when the two countries restored diplomatic relations through a treaty and Japan paid $500 million in grants and loans to South ...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s top court on Thursday ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor, the second such ruling in ...
On March 6, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin announced a proposal to address and resolve disputes over wartime forced labor, which have put a strain on bilateral relations with Japan. Under ...
South Korea plans fund to compensate forced labor victims Members of a civic group seeking compensation from Japanese firms over forced labor during World War II stage a rally outside the National ...
A South Korean fund will compensate Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II, the South Korean government said Monday, part of an arrangement with the Japanese government to resolve ...
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea announced on Monday a plan to compensate victims of forced labor under Japan's colonization through a government foundation with funds from South Korean ...
South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor, the second such ruling in a week.