Protest over gov't plan to compensate Japan's forced labor victims

Protest over gov't plan to compensate Japan's forced labor victims

Yang Geum-deok (L) and Kim Seong-joo, South Korean victims of Japan's wartime forced labor, hold a news conference at the National Assembly in Seoul on March 7, 2023, denouncing the government's proposed plan to compensate such victims through a Seoul-backed public foundation, instead of direct payment from responsible Japanese firms. (Yonhap)

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