South Korea summons Japanese ambassador to South Korea to protest Japan’s distortion of the history of forced labor

　　China News Service, June 16. According to a report by Korea International Radio (KBS), on the 15th, the South Korean government summoned the Japanese ambassador to South Korea and strongly protested that Japan exhibited content that distorted the history of forced labor. On the same day, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea issued a statement expressing deep regret at the relevant content exhibited by Japan.

　　On June 15, Lee Tae-ho, the second official of South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, summoned Japanese ambassador to South Korea, Hiroshi Tomita, to strongly protest Japan’s distortion of the history of forced labor.

　　On the same day, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kim In Cheh issued a statement saying that from that day on, the contents of the exhibition opened to the public by the Tokyo Industrial Heritage Information Center in Japan completely distorted historical facts, and South Korea strongly protested Japan’s failure to implement the World Heritage Committee’s advice and the Japanese side. Commitment while taking follow-up measures.

　　According to reports, Jin Renche said that it is difficult to find any efforts made to mourn the victims in the content displayed at the Tokyo Industrial Heritage Information Center in Japan, which makes him feel worried and disappointed. Japan is violating its commitment to reveal the fact of forced labor, and the exhibition is thoroughly I am deeply sorry for distorting the relevant content of historical facts.

　　When Japan imposed colonial rule on the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, it once forced the local people to work as laborers in Japan. Since the late 1990s, some workers and their families in South Korea have filed lawsuits against Japanese companies.

　　In October 2018, the Korean Grand Court sentenced the Japanese company to compensate 4 Korean workers. In November, two more cases involving Mitsubishi Heavy Industries were ruled in support of Korean workers' claims. However, Japan did not agree with the judgment, and the two sides subsequently had a series of disputes.