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Article: 6 Wartime Forced Laborers File Suit Against Japanese Firm.
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- Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2000
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Six Koreans who were forced to work for Japan during World War II, have launched a court battle against a Japanese industrial giant, requesting compensations for their pain and sacrifice during Japan's occupation of Korea.
The forced laborers filed a lawsuit with a district court in Pusan against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. on Monday, demanding 101 million won each in compensation.
The litigation is drawing keen attention because the compensation lawsuit is the first of its kind in Korea.
The plaintiffs were identified as Park Chang-hwan, Lee Kun-mok, Lee Byong-mok, Kim Don-young, Chung Chang-hee and Chung Chang-hwa, who are all in their ...