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South Korean plaintiffs in Japan forced labour cases reject compensation plan

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Last updated: 2023/03/13 at 1:46 PM
News Room Published March 13, 2023
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SEOUL: The three surviving South Koreans who have won court cases over being forced to work under Japanese colonial rule have formally rejected a government compensation plan, potentially throwing up legal obstacles for Seoul as it seeks to mend ties with Tokyo.

Seoul announced last week that South Korean companies would compensate people forced to work under Japan’s 1910-1945 rule, seeking to end a spat that has undercut United States-led efforts to present a unified front against China and North Korea.

Three of 15 plaintiffs in cases where South Korea’s Supreme Court ordered Japanese firms to pay reparations in 2018 are still alive and all are formally rejecting the government proposal, a representative said on Monday (Mar 13).

Lim Jae-sung, a lawyer for one of the three plaintiffs made the comments as he delivered written evidence of their objections to the state-run foundation that would oversee the compensation under Seoul’s plan.

It was not immediately clear if families of the deceased plaintiffs will accept the plan.

It was not also immediately clear how Tokyo would respond if Seoul is unable to convince the plaintiffs to accept the proposal, one that has been hailed as “groundbreaking” by US President Joe Biden.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to visit Japan this week for a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Yoon’s office has called the planned visit, the first such in 12 years, “an important milestone in the improvement and development of relations between South Korea and Japan”.

The two countries’ relations plunged to their lowest point in decades after the 2018 Supreme Court rulings. None of the 15 South Koreans have been compensated.

Japan has said the matter was settled under a 1965 treaty and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said last week his government’s stance had not changed.

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