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domestic court decided last year to 'sell assets in Korea to compensate victims of forced labor' to Japanese war criminals.
The company is dissatisfied with the court's decision, but the final decision has been delayed once when the Supreme Court decided to go through a formal hearing.
Correspondent Park Chan-geun.
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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 hearings, which can be simply dismissed without a detailed decision, was until yesterday, but the Supreme Court did not give any results.
It is 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 Supreme Court Justice Kim Jae-hyeong, the chief referee, 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 labor.
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, the deadline for dismissing the case of Kim Seong-joo's grandmother was yesterday (19th).
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.