The bereaved family of a forced labor victim under Japan's 1910-1945 colonization received 60 million won ($44,850) in recompense in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling, marking the first case in which funds from a Japanese company were transferred to a forced labor victim. The family of the late victim surnamed Lee, who worked at the firm's shipyard starting in September 1944, withdrew 60 million won on.
A South Korean plaintiff who won a wartime labor case against Japanese firm Hitachi Zosen Corp. received money deposited by the firm at a Seoul court on Tuesday, as the firm has not complied with an order by South Korea's Supreme Court to compensate the plaintiff, according to a lawyer.
The bereaved family of a Korean victim of Japan s wartime forced labor on Tuesday received compensation from Hitachi Zosen in accordance with a Supreme Court ruling, marking the first such acceptance from a Japanese company.
South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a series of rulings ordering Japanese firms to compensate its citizens who were forced to work for them, marking the first time a forced labour victim secured such funds in a legal case.