S Korean foreign minister meets Japan wartime labor plaintiffs

There is speculation that the South Korean Supreme Court may soon finalize a court order to liquidate assets seized from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, one of two Japanese firms the top court had found liable for forced labor during World War II.

Other countries and companies could take note.

Instead of nominal damage payments or bowing when corporations commit abuses, be like South Korean lawmakers and seize corporate assets, liquidate them and use the funds to help those affected.

A waste of time.

The man in Gwangju, Lee Chun Sik, 98 years old, Yang Geum Deok, the 92-year-old woman, both applied for the job recruitments, not forced.

That should be "wartime slave labor." They should be be compensated. It would be Cheaper than Abe's funeral and it would go a long way in mending fences.

jeancolmarToday  04:14 pm JST

That should be "wartime slave labor." 

No need to enflame the issue. Even the South Korean govt does not call them "slaves" because they were compensated.

jeancolmarToday  04:14 pm JST

That should be "wartime slave labor." They should be be compensated. It would be Cheaper than Abe's funeral and it would go a long way in mending fences.

Here in JT, too many comments like this...someone else's problem. They probably don't know how big potential plaintiffs are waiting for this final results to start taking actions, or for Japan's ANOTHER apology or ANOTHER admission to leverage their kick-starts, and... for North Korean uncounted reserve groups for the day to talk about the same issue.