S. Korean plaintiffs' lawyers to demand talks with Japanese firm over forced labor compensation
Social affairsJan 5, 2019
TOKYO -- Lawyers for South Korean victims of forced labor plan to request consultations with a Japanese firm over a set of issues related to compensation and the firm's apology, Japan's Kyodo News reported Saturday.Last year, South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in favor of the South Korean victims forced into hard labor by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. during Tokyo's 1910-45 colonial rule of the peninsula. (Yonhap)It recognized the victims' individual rights to claim damages, though Tokyo claim