Nippon Steel has suspended the procedure in the Korean court on the 12th after a Korean court has decided to allow the sale of Korean shares held by Nippon Steel due to the issue of "recruitment" during the Pacific War. It was revealed that the requested "immediate appeal" was made.
In 2018, the Supreme Court of South Korea handed down a ruling ordering Nippon Steel to compensate Koreans who had been accused of being "forced to work in Japan as recruiters."
Later last month, the Pohang branch of the Daegu District Court in South Korea decided to allow the plaintiffs to sell the shares of Nippon Steel's joint venture with a Korean steel maker.
Regarding this decision, Nippon Steel announced on the 12th that it had filed an "immediate appeal" in a Korean court seeking an injunction.
Nippon Steel commented, "I understand that the problem of so-called Korean former recruitment workers has been completely and finally resolved by the Japan-Korea Claims Agreement."
The issue of "recruitment" has been resolved by the Japanese government under the Japan-Korea Claims Agreement of 1965, and the judicial procedure related to the decision ordering compensation for Japanese companies is a violation of international law, and the Korean government is in a state of violation. Seeking correction.