S Korea announces plan to resolve row over Japan forced labour
Mar 7, 2023 #SouthKorea #Japan #ParkJin
South Korea’s government has announced a plan to resolve a long-running dispute on compensating peopl
Mar 7, 2023 #SouthKorea #Japan #ParkJin
South Korea’s government has announced a plan to resolve a long-running dispute on compensating people who were forced to work in Japanese factories and mines during World War II.
Monday’s plan, which was met with immediate protests in South Korea but hailed as “historic” by the United States, comes as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol seeks to mend ties with Japan as North Korea accelerates its nuclear and missile programmes.
Unveiling the plan, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin said the former workers, the surviving of whom are now in their 90s, will be compensated through a public foundation funded by private-sector companies rather than by the Japanese firms involved in the forced labour.
Al Jazeera’s Eunice Kim reports from Seoul, where there have been protests.
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