South Korea’s recurring feud with Japan snares 70 companies
Dispute remains over compensation for Koreans due to Japan’s colonial rule
03 August 2020 - 19:05
Tokyo — Japan’s colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula ended more than seven decades ago, yet that legacy still roils everyday politics on both sides.
South Korea and Japan, major trading partners and both US military allies, have been at loggerheads over what constitutes proper contrition and compensation for Koreans conscripted to work in factories and mines that supplied Japan’s imperial war machine, and those euphemistically called “comfort women”, who were forced to work in military brothels...
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