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Two local courts on Thursday turned down government applications to deposit compensation for late forced labor victims under Japan's 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula, citing opposition from the bereaved families. A government-affiliated foundation handling the compensation matter had submitted the requests to the Jeonju District Court and the Pyeongtaek branch of Suwon District Court, each, to depo...

South Korea’s police look into 193 cases of ‘ghost children,’ 12 confirmed dead Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.

The government has filed for the deposit of compensation for two late forced labor victims under Japans 1910-1945 colonization with a regional court, sources said Wednesday.

A third South Korean court on Wednesday refused to remit government money as compensation to the family members of Korean victims forced into labor during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule, a process mandated by the March 6 settlement agreed by Korea and Japan. The March deal requires a state-run foundation to pay the 15 victims, not Japanese companies held liable by a 2018 Korean court ruling amid the firms’...

Police are investigating 400 unregistered baby cases, and the number is expected to keep rising, the National Office of Investigation said Wednesday, as a nationwide campaign is under way to confirm the well-being of more than 2,000 undocumented babies born since 2015.

Out of these babies whose births were never registered with the local authorities, 12 of them were confirmed dead. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A regional district court turned down Wednesday a government application to deposit compensation for two late forced labor victims under Japans 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula, citing opposition from the victims surviving families.

China staged a dramatic comeback to stun the United States 3-2 (18-25, 25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 15-8) on Sunday, wrapping up its journey in the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) preliminary round on a note.

The National Police Agency is investigating 193 cases of babies not registered at birth, officials said Tuesday, amid a string of child abuse cases involving such undocumented babies, including the shocking discovery of two dead newborns being kept in a refrigerator.