SEOUL — The South Korean government unveiled a plan on Thursday (Jan 12) to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labour through its own public foundation — instead of using funds from Japanese companies — prompting backlash from victims and their families.
South Korea's Supreme Court in 2018 ordered Japanese firms to pay reparations to former forced labourers. Although 15 South Koreans have won such cases, none has been compensated.
"We've reviewed that it is possible for a third party to make payment as legal bonds on behalf of the defendant Japanese company," said Ms Seo Min-jung, the ministry's director-general for Asia Pacific affairs, adding a"creative approach" was needed. The unresolved legacy of Japan's colonisation in 1910-45, including restitution for Koreans forced to work at Japanese firms and in military brothels, has long been a source of contention between the two countries.
But some victims immediately resisted, saying the plan would relieve Japan of its obligation to pay and apologise. Ms Seo did not reply to them at the hearing, and the ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.A group of activists also staged a rally outside the National Assembly, where the hearing was held, criticising Japan's refusal to compensate and the South Korean government's proposal.
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