Korea s foreign ministry said Tuesday that it has submitted a revised report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on the issue of Japan s wartime forced labor, after the initial version drew criticism with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida s remarks being suggested as Tokyo s official apology.
Korea has been elected as a member of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, a managing body made up of representatives from 21 nations tasked with determining which sites are added to, or removed from, the World Heritage List.
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A South Korean government-backed foundation says it paid compensation to one of the three surviving Korean plaintiffs who won lawsuits over wartime forced labor during Japan's colonial rule.
One of the three surviving Korean plaintiffs who won lawsuits over wartime forced labor during Japan's colonial rule agreed to accept compensation by a South Korean government-backed foundation, according to the Foreign Ministry