Asia Pacific Sep 27, 2020
Brushing off criticism, China’s Xi calls policies in Xinjiang ‘totally correct’
by Chris Buckley
Xi made the remarks at a conference that is likely to set the direction of Chinese policy in Xinjiang for years to come.
Asia Pacific Sep 24, 2020
China still expanding Xinjiang re-education camps, report says
The findings could bolster calls to punish Beijing over its human rights practices in the predominately Muslim region.
Asia Pacific Sep 22, 2020
China sharply expands mass labor program in Tibet
by Cate Cadell
The program mirrors the one in the western Xinjiang region that rights groups have branded coercive labor.
Asia Pacific Sep 17, 2020
China lauded the success of its vocational and jobs programs in the troubled Xinjiang region on Thursday, just days after the U.S. government said they were being operated from facilities run like "concentration camps." Beijing has come under intense international criticism over its policies in ...
National / Social Issues Sep 6, 2020
Uighurs in Japan call for action to end forced labor in Xinjiang
by Magdalena Osumi
Twelve Japanese manufacturing giants have been accused of complicity in the group's repression by sourcing supplies from factories exploiting their forced labor.
Business / Corporate Dec 23, 2019
Tesco suspends Christmas card-maker in China over forced labor allegation
U.K. grocery giant Tesco PLC suspended its supply of Christmas cards from a Chinese factory and said it was investigating a newspaper report that prison labor was used in their production. All the cards produced by the factory have been withdrawn from sale, Tesco said ...
Asia Pacific Jul 20, 2019
North Koreans were subject to "collective forced labor" at the Kaesong industrial park, a defector who formerly managed funds for the leadership recently said, urging the South to pay wages directly to workers if the two Koreas restart it. South Korean President Moon Jae In ...
National / Politics May 22, 2019
Abe urges new South Korean envoy to properly handle wartime labor issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe asked the new South Korean Ambassador to Japan Nam Gwan-pyo on Tuesday to deal properly with a dispute over compensation for wartime labor, the Japanese Foreign Ministry has said. Relations between the two countries have shown no signs of improving after ...
National / Politics Mar 26, 2019
Lawyers seize Nachi-Fujikoshi assets in South Korea over wartime labor case
A team of lawyers representing Korean plaintiffs in an ongoing wartime labor case against Japanese machinery manufacturer Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. said Tuesday that based on a court decision they have seized assets in South Korea owned by the company. The assets were the company's stake in ...
Commentary / Japan Nov 6, 2018
An opportunity for Tokyo and Seoul
by Brad Glosserman
Skillfully handling the wartime labor ruling could help put bilateral ties back on track.
Commentary / Japan Nov 5, 2018
Seoul moves the goalposts yet again
by Kuni Miyake
If the South Koreans remain obsessed with the past and do not respect the rule-based international system, they are committing international political suicide.
National / Politics Nov 5, 2018
Mitsubishi Materials near to finalizing compensation fund for wartime forced labor in China
The fund represents the final hurdle in a settlement the company reached with Chinese claimants in June 2016.