S. Korea court orders Nippon Steel to compensate four wartime forced labourers

The Supreme Court ordered the company to pay 100 million won ($87,700) to each of the four plaintiffs.


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 30-10-2018 12:40 IST | Created: 30-10-2018 10:59 IST
S. Korea court orders Nippon Steel to compensate four wartime forced labourers
The court ruled that the former labourers' right to reparation was not terminated by a 1965 treaty normalising diplomatic ties, rejecting the claim by Tokyo, Yonhap said. (Image Credit: Pixabay)
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South Korea's top court ruled on Tuesday that Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. should compensate four South Koreans for their forced labour during World War Two when Japan occupied Korea, Yonhap reported.

The Supreme Court ordered the company to pay 100 million won ($87,700) to each of the four plaintiffs.

The court ruled that the former labourers' right to reparation was not terminated by a 1965 treaty normalising diplomatic ties, rejecting the claim by Tokyo, Yonhap said.

Japan occupied Korea from 1910-45. (

(With inputs from agencies.)

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