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 ...
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 ...
From camps to factories: Muslim detainees say China using forced labor in Xinjiang
As Gulzira Auelkhan toiled to stitch gloves in a factory in China's troubled Xinjiang region, her managers made no secret of where her production would be sold. "They told us openly that the gloves will be sold abroad, so we should do a good job," ...
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 ...
An opportunity for Tokyo and Seoul
Skillfully handling the wartime labor ruling could help put bilateral ties back on track.
Seoul moves the goalposts yet again
If the South Koreans remain obsessed with the past and do not respect the rule-based international system, they are committing international political suicide.
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.
Foreign Minister Taro Kono said Wednesday he has called on his South Korean counterpart, Kang Kyung-wha, to take "firm and resolute" action over a Supreme Court ruling ordering a Japanese steel firm to compensate four South Koreans subject to forced labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial ...
Big brands from Nestle to Walmart back sustainable supply chain drive to eradicate slavery
Some of the world's biggest retailers and food companies including Kellogg Co., Walmart Inc. and Nestle backed a new initiative on Wednesday to improve global supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave-free goods and services. The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) — which represents about ...
Human traffickers seen exploiting chaos at Southern Europe migrant processing centers
Human traffickers are capitalizing on widespread chaos at migrant reception centers across Southern Europe to transport their victims undetected and lure other migrants into forced labor, a European security watchdog said on Wednesday. Migrants waiting for their asylum claims to be processed or stranded at ...
Japan plans to make public some testimony denying that Koreans were forced to work under harsh conditions during World War II at what is now a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, government sources have said. The controversial move could draw an angry rebuke from Seoul, ...
