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Last year, our court decided to sell the assets of Japanese companies in Korea to compensate victims of forced mobilization during the Japanese colonial era.
The Japanese companies immediately objected.
The day the Supreme Court can simply dismiss it was until today (19th), but no decision was made.
First, reporter Park Chan-geun explains the meaning in detail.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries & Construction has refused to pay compensation to victims of forced labor despite the final judgment.
Dissatisfied with the lower court's decision to forcibly sell domestic assets, such as patents and trademarks, in April, he appealed again to the Supreme Court.
The deadline for dismissal of the hearing, which can be simply dismissed without a detailed decision, was up to today, but the Supreme Court has not made any decision.
They are in the position of going through a formal hearing process over whether to acknowledge or discard the decision to forcibly sell.
The Supreme Court's final decision is likely not to exceed this month.
There are many prospects that the hearing will be over before that, as Chief Justice Kim Jae-hyung will have his retirement ceremony on the 2nd of next month.
Finally, if the Supreme Court approves the decision to sell the assets, the auction proceeds with the patent right seized from Mitsubishi.
This is the first case in which actual compensation is provided to victims of forced mobilization.
Two victims of forced labor who applied for an order to sell Mitsubishi's domestic assets applied for patent rights and trademark rights separately.
First of all, today is the deadline for dismissing the case of 94-year-old Kim Seong-joo.
If the sale is realized, the claimed 210 million won, including principal and delayed interest, will be paid to the plaintiff, Kim Seong-ju, as compensation, and Mitsubishi will retain the rest.
(Video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon, CG: Jang Seong-beom)