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Today (12th), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold an open forum to seek solutions to forced labor.
Victims are insisting that Japanese war criminal companies apologize and compensate in cash, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is moving towards paying the victims money received through voluntary donations from Korean and Japanese companies.
Some victims' groups protested and expressed their position that they would not attend.
This is reporter Hong Young-jae.
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'open discussion to discuss the solution to forced labor', which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been announcing, will be held today at 10:00 am at the National Assembly Members' Hall.
A plan to support compensation for victims of forced labor under the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, rather than a Japanese company, was strongly reviewed between the Korean and Japanese governments, and the appropriateness of this plan is expected to be the biggest issue.
The discussion will be attended by academic figures from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aid Foundation, who have been discussing with Japan, but some victims' organizations strongly protested yesterday by declaring their absence.
This is because it seems to be an assortment matching event.
However, the legal representative representing the lawsuit decided to attend to point out the problem with the government.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs originally planned to co-host the debate with the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians League, but even that fell through.
This is because the opposition party protested, and eventually it will be held in a co-hosted format with the office of Congressman Jeong Jin-seok, who is in charge of the National Assembly's League President and People's Power Emergency Response Committee.
It is pointed out that the purpose of collecting a wide range of opinions has already faded, but the victim's side plans to reveal its position through a separate briefing.
(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)