S. Korea Supreme Court upholds wartime labor ruling against Japan’s Nippon Steel

South Korea’s Supreme Court has reaffirmed lower court decisions directing Nippon Steel Corp. to compensate victims of wartime labor. ...

Walmart, Centric Brands probe Cambodian supply chains for alleged inmate forced labor

Walmart and clothing manufacturer Centric Brands are reportedly investigating their Cambodian supply chains over claims that they illegally ...

Japan PM in S. Korea: My ‘heart hurts’ over suffering caused by occupation

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivered a spontaneous remark expressing his sympathy for the sufferings of colonial victims during h...

Victims of Japan’s wartime forced labor denounce Seoul’s compensation deal

Two elderly World War II forced labor victims took to the streets of Seoul in wheelchairs to protest the country’s compensation deal with Ja...

S. Korean victims of Japan forced labor continue to condemn Seoul’s compensation plan

A number of wartime forced labor victims continue to condemn South Korean officials’ plan to provide compensation through a domestic fund ra...

US House pass bill banning goods from China’s Xinjiang region over Uyghur oppression with 428-1 vote

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that aims to penalize the Chinese government over its alleged oppression of the Uyghur peopl...

Mitsubishi Ordered to Give Up to $133,000 to South Korean Families For Forced Labor 100 Years Ago

Japanese firm Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has been ordered by the Supreme Court of South Korea to compensate 10 Koreans for forced labor dur...