Plaintiffs dismissed the case in a court case in which Koreans and their bereaved families, who claimed to have been "forced to work" during the Pacific War, were seeking compensation from 16 Japanese companies. He appealed the first-instance judgment of the Central District Court in Seoul.
Koreans and their bereaved families who claim to have been "forced to work" on the issue of "recruitment" during the Pacific War have sent 16 Japanese companies 100 million won per person, or about 10 million yen. In a trial seeking compensation for the yen, the Central District Court in Seoul handed down a trial decision on the 7th of this month dismissing the plaintiff's complaint.
In the trial over "recruitment," the Supreme Court of South Korea issued a ruling ordering Japanese companies to compensate in 2018, and since then, the plaintiff's complaint has been dismissed for the first time in the first trial decision of this trial. was.
The plaintiff's lawyer said on the 14th, "I am not convinced by the judgment of the first instance. Japanese companies must be liable for serious human rights violations."
Regarding "recruitment," the plaintiffs in the trial, whose winning decision has already been finalized, are proceeding with the procedure of seizing the assets of a Japanese company, selling them, and "monetizing" them.
On the other hand, the Japanese government has requested the Korean government to correct the state of violation of international law, saying that it has been settled based on the 1965 Japan-Korea Claims Agreement, and the companies are not responding to compensation.