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TheUnsolvedProblemBetweenSouthKoreaandJapan
On March 6, 2023, the South Korean (hereafter Korean) government proposed
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a solution to the issue of compensation for damages caused by the forced
mobilization, which has been a problem in diplomatic relations between South
KoreaandJapanoverthepastfewyears.Forcedmobilizationreferstotheforced
makedonation
compensation
labor of the Korean victims taken to Japan during the colonial era. In response,
KEC
the Korean court ruled in 2018 that Japanese companies should compensate the
FoundationforKorean
victims, and Japan protested. Since then, the present government has tried to
VictimsofForcedMobilization
byImperialJapan
resolvetheconflictbetweenKoreaandJapan.
▲POSCO, KORAIL, KEPCO, KEC are the Korean
The Korean government concluded that victims must be compensated, but
companiesnamedtocompensate.
has designated a Korean company to pay the compensation, not a Japanese
company.Thevictimswereabletoopttoreceivetheamountofcompensationfromthecompanybasedonthe1965Korean-Japan
ClaimsAgreement.However,allthreesurvivingvictimsopposedthegovernment’ssolution.Despitethevictims’opposition,the
governmentmadethedecisionbecausethesolidaritywithJapaninthesecurityandeconomicsectorsisnecessary.
TheFirstAcknowledgmentandWinforaVietnamWar
Victim
A victim of a massacre of civilians during the Vietnam War (1955~1975), in which the
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Koreanarmyparticipatedasacombatant,wonalawsuitagainsttheKoreangovernment
on February 7, 2023. Nguyen Thi Thanh, survivor of the civilian massacre in the
VietnamesetownofPhongNhi,filedthefirstlawsuitagainsttheKoreangovernmentfor
damages.
The government did not acknowledge the alleged massacre in the Vietnam War and
appealed the ruling. The court ruled that the Korean government should acknowledge
and compensate based on the testimony of the victims and Korean soldiers who had
▲The National Assembly introduces a bill to
investigatethemassacreofcivilians.
participated in the war. The attorney for Nguyen Thi Thanh also said in an interview
withJTBC:“TheKoreancourt’sjudgmenthasdemonstratedthatKoreaisdifferentfromJapaninhistoricalissues.”TheKorean
governmentatthetimealsodealtwithpasthistoricalissuesandwarcrimesrelatedtoJapanthroughthelegalsystem.TheNational
Assembly also introduced a bill on February 23, 2023, to investigate the massacre of civilians. The Vietnamese government
expressedregretovertheKoreangovernment’sdecisiontoappeal,saying,“WehopetheKoreangovernmentrespectshistory.”
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