China News Service, August 7th. According to a report from Japan’s TBS TV station, on the morning of the 7th local time, Japan Steel Corporation was dissatisfied with the Korean court’s previous order to seize its assets in Korea and filed an appeal to the Pohang Branch of the Daegu District Court in Korea.
Data map: South Korean citizens protested in front of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea.
According to previous reports, the South Korean court issued an order to seize its property in South Korea, which was served by the announcement at 0:00 local time on the 4th and became effective. On the same day, Japan Steel said it would appeal within the time limit.
According to the analysis of the report, the South Korean court will discuss the rationality of Japan Steel's appeal, and it is expected that the case will enter the second instance process.
Japan and South Korea have long had serious differences on the issue of workers' compensation. In October 2018, the collegiate panel of the South Korean Supreme Court sentenced Japan Steel, which had forcibly conscripted labor on the Korean Peninsula, to pay 100 million won to each victim.
On January 9, 2019, the Pohang Branch served a seizure order to Nippon Steel's PNR company. From that day on, Nippon Steel was not allowed to dispose of the property. However, due to the boycott of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the seizure order did not reach Nippon Steel. The Pohang Branch had to decide on June 1, 2020 to serve the seizure order by public announcement.
Regarding the South Korean side’s trial, the Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary previously stated that “if (South Korea) wants to advance the realization, it will inevitably lead to a serious problem, and strongly urges the South Korean side to resolve this issue as soon as possible.”