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Victims have not received compensation or even an apology for several years after being recognized for their right to receive compensation from the Supreme Court.

The victim's side urged the Supreme Court to make a decision to sell the asset as soon as possible.



Reporter Han So-hee delivers the voices of the victims.



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In 1999, victims of forced labor started a lawsuit for damages against the Japanese government and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.



After nine years, the Japanese judiciary dismissed the ruling.



The lawsuit started again in a Korean court.



In 2018, the Supreme Court decided that Mitsubishi should pay compensation.



[Kim Seong-ju / Victim of Forced Mobilization (November 2018): A lot of people are suffering.

And then there are people who die...

The Japanese side apologizes and compensates (should)]



However, a fierce battle was foreseen until compensation was received.



[Geum-deok Yang / Victim of Forced Mobilization (November 2018): Just give us some money while we are alive, so we can take medicine or buy delicious food.

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Mitsubishi had no intention of indemnifying the Korean Supreme Court, and whenever the court made a decision to seize or sell Mitsubishi's domestic assets, Mitsubishi appealed and re-appealed repeatedly.



Even after winning the trial, the victims had to go to the press conference room and in front of the Mitsubishi headquarters in Japan to continue the fight.



[Geum-deok Yang / Victim of Forced Mobilization (January 2020, in front of Mitsubishi Headquarters): I must listen to the apology and die to resolve the grudge.]



The government is concerned about Korea-Japan relations and damage to Korean companies, so the government is seeking a diplomatic solution, but the victim's side is the perpetrator They are protesting that it is state violence that opens the breath of war criminal companies and binds the victims' hands and feet.



[Lee Kuk-eon/Chairman of the Citizens' Association for Forced Mobilization: There is no reason for this case to be delayed any longer, and the circumstances of the victims are also not in a situation where we can wait longer (I urge the Supreme Court to decide on this case quickly)]



( Video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)