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Advertisement Relations between South Korea and Japan have been at a nadir since 2018, when the South Korean Supreme Court ruled in two cases that workers used as forced labor by Japan during World War II were entitled to financial compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Nippon Steel. But a recent decision by the Seoul Central District Court on the issue of forced labor may add more confusion than clarity to an issue that has strained relations between the two countries. The case before the Seoul Central District Court was the largest of nearly two dozen cases on the forced lab...

Time is ripe for cooperation between South Korea and Japan Biden must make Asia a priority, but the leaders of each country, particularly Moon Jae-in, must be receptive to change Follow Us Question of the Day The Supreme Court declined to take up a case on women & the military draft. Who should have to register with the Selective Service? Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: Meetings between top U.S. foreign policy officials and their counterparts in South Korea illuminated the urgent need for cooperation between the U.S. and its allies and the resolution of the tensi...

Why the court got it wrong on international law By February 14, 2021 Advertisement A South Korean court made headlines in early January, when it ruled in a claim filed by former “comfort women” that Japan did not have state immunity in the case, and awarded damages to the plaintiffs. The comfort women worked in privately owned brothels servicing the Japanese military during World War II. Japan, invoking state immunity under international law, elected not to appeal the decision, and it was finalized on January 23. In 1993, the Korean congress enacted a special law stipulating that the Kor...