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Korea, Japan urged to take next steps after court ruling
Posted : 2021-01-15 17:10
Updated : 2021-01-17 20:16
The Statue of Peace, representing victims of wartime sex slavery by the Japanese Empire, is set up in front of the former site of the Japanese Embassy in central Seoul, Jan. 8, the day the Seoul Central District Court ordered the Japanese government to compensate 12 surviving South Korean victims by paying 100 million won ($91,000) to each of them. Yonhap
New envoy to Tokyo says President still determined to meet with Suga for frank discussions
By Jung Da-min
After a Korean local court s recent ruling which ordered the Japanese government to compensate 12 surviving South Korean victims of wartime sex slavery by paying 100 million won ($91,000) to each, concerns have been raised that the ruling has left little room for the governments of the two countries in terms of what they could do to improve the worsening relations.
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The Seoul District Court Friday ordered the Government of Japan to compensate 12 women who were forced to work in wartime brothels or “comfort stations” operated by the Japanese Empire during World War II. The court, presided over by Chief Judge Kim Jeong-Gon, termed the series of incidents as “crimes against humanity” and ruled that Japan should pay 100 million won to each of the women as compensation for their mental suffering. It also granted a provisional execution of the order for compensation which allows immediate seizure of the Japanese government assets.
Wartime brothels were established and systematically operated by the Japanese empire to mobilize manpower, promote the morale of soldiers and pursue effective leadership during war. Victims often in their mid-teens to just over 20 years old faced severe sexual injuries and violence. They lived without proper food, clothing or shelter and they struggled to readapt to society even after
Japan lodges protest with S. Korea over comfort women ruling
Japan lodged a protest on Friday over a South Korean court ruling ordering the Japanese government to pay damages to former comfort women, with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga calling the decision utterly unacceptable.
Speaking to reporters at his office, Suga said under international law a sovereign state is not subject to the jurisdiction of foreign courts and the lawsuit must be thrown out.
South Korean Ambassador Nam Gwan Pyo (C) is surrounded by reporters at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 8, 2021. (Kyodo)
He said the ruling goes against a 1965 bilateral agreement that settled properties and claims related to Japan s 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula, including the treatment of the women forced to work at Japanese wartime military brothels.