President Yoon Suk Yeol urges businesses in South Korea and Japan to cooperate in paying damages awarded to plaintiffs in cases related to wartime labor during Japanese colonial rule.
South Korea's Supreme Court rejects appeals by Japanese machinery maker Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. and upheld decisions by lower courts ordering the company to pay damages to South Koreans for wartime labor.
The Supreme Court on Thursday finalized rulings in favor of victims of Japan s wartime forced labor in lawsuits seeking compensation from their former Japanese employer. .