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Our court yesterday (27th) ordered the sale of confiscated assets in Korea against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries & Construction, Japan, which had refused to compensate victims of forced labor during the Japanese colonial period. The Japanese government strongly opposed it.
This is Tokyo correspondent Yoo Seong-jae.
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Daejeon District Court yesterday ordered the sale of some of the trademark rights and patent rights of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, which were seized by victims of forced labor.
We accepted the applications of the victims, Geum-deok Yang and Seong-ju Kim, but this is the first time the court has ordered the sale of Japanese corporate assets.
It is known that the sale target is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' trademark rights and patent rights, which are assets in Korea.
However, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries & Construction announced that it would appeal immediately, and it will take a considerable amount of time before it is actually cashed out, as there are still procedures such as appraisal and auction.
The Japanese government strongly protested and protested to the Korean government yesterday.
[Motegi / Japan Foreign Minister: Korea side immediately will ask strongly to propose solutions that can be corrected, and accept the Japanese side of the law violates the state -
our Foreign Ministry unilateral solution to the needs of the Japanese is not conducive to problem solving He stressed the need for dialogue.
[Choi Young-sam/Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson: We expect the Japanese side to faithfully respond to dialogue and show a sincere attitude to seek a fundamental solution.]
Japanese media heavily reported the decision of the first sale order by the Korean court, and the strained Korea-Japan relationship I expected it to get even worse.
(Video coverage: Han Chul-min, Moon Hyun-jin, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)