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South Korea's Supreme Court in Seoul orders a Japanese company to provide compensation for wartime forced labor
Lee Chun-Sik and Choi Jeong-Ho, Oct 30, 2018 : Lee Chun-Sik (2nd R, 94) and Choi Jeong-ho (L, 85), the wife of the late Kim Kyu-Soo, victims of Japan's forced labor during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea from 1910-45, weep during a press conference at the Supreme Court of South Korea in Seoul, South Korea after the Supreme Court upheld a 2013 ruling on damages claims filed by four South Korean victims of Japan's forced labor. The Supreme Court ordered Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSM) to pay each victim 100 million won (US$87,720) in compensation, local media reported. Just one of the four victims who began the lawsuit in 2005 remains alive. (Photo by Lee Jae-Won/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA)
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