Japan is removing a World War II monument commemorating Korean workers from a park in ... During World War II, Koreans were subjected to forced labour, and conscription into the Japanese military ...

However, the two governments are still jostling over the term “forced labor” that South Korea insists is accurate. South Korea has also criticized Japan’s explanations regarding forced ...

Hours after Seoul released its plans to compensate forced labor victims, the South Korean and Japanese trade ministries simultaneously announced plans for talks to restore their trade relations.

An elderly Korean victim of Japan's wartime forced labor, known for her rejection of a government-led compensation plan that excludes responsible Japanese firms, has accepted the reparation ...

South Korea's relations with Japan deteriorated following 2018 Supreme Court rulings that ordered Mitsubishi Heavy and another company to pay damages for forced labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial ...

According to South Korea, about 780,000 Koreans were conscripted into forced labour by Japan during its 35 years of occupation (1910-1945) of Korea, while more than 200,000 young women were forced ...

South Korea's relations with Japan deteriorated following 2018 Supreme Court rulings that ordered Mitsubishi Heavy and another company to pay damages for forced labor during Japan's 1910-1945 ...