Around 780,000 Koreans were conscripted into forced labour by Japan during the colonial period, according to data from Seoul. theSun theSundaily politics diplomacy SouthKorea Japan WWII
South Korean lawmakers and protesters hold placards during an anti-government rally denouncing South Korea’s plans to compensate victims of Japan’s forced wartime labour, at the National Assembly in Seoul on March 7, 2023. AFPPIX: South Koreans who were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War II on Tuesday denounced Seoul’s new plan to compensate them and end a historic dispute with Tokyo as “dirty money”.
Japan and the United States immediately welcomed the plan, which does not involve a fresh apology and envisages only voluntary contributions from the Japanese companies involved, such as Mitsubishi and Nippon Steel. “I am 95 years old and I don’t know if I die today or tomorrow. But never in my life have I felt so distressed,“ Yang Geum-deok, who worked at a Mitsubishi factory during the war, said at a rally in Seoul.
Seoul aims to resolve lingering issues stemming from Japan's brutal 1910-45 occupation of the Korean peninsula as it seeks closer ties with Tokyo in the face of growing threats from North Korea.
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