South Korea to raise raise local civilian funds for forced labourers
South Korea on Monday announced a contentious plan to raise local civilian funds to compensate Koreans who won damages in lawsuits against Japanese companies that enslaved them during World War II.
“And I think this is the last opportunity,” Park said. “If we compare it to a glass of water, think that the glass is more than half full with water. We expect that the glass will be further filled moving forward based on Japan’s sincere response.” Their history disputes intensified after South Korea’s Supreme Court in 2018 ordered two Japanese companies --- Nippon Steel and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries – to compensate former Korean forced labourers or their bereaved relatives.
The Seoul-Tokyo feuding complicated U.S. efforts to reinforce its co-operation with its two key Asian allies in the face of confrontations with China and North Korea. Worries about their strained ties have grown as North Korea last year adopted an escalatory nuclear doctrine and test-launched more than 70 missiles – the most-ever for a single year.
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