Victims of ``forced labor recruitment'' sue Japanese company for damages, Supreme Court ruling today = South Korea

Today (the 21st), a court hearing will be held for damages lawsuits brought against the Japanese government by workers who were forcibly conscripted by Japanese companies.
On the 21st, the Second Division of the Supreme Court (Chief Justice Lee Dong-won) held a hearing on the 21st, in which the late Yang Yong-soo and other victims of forced labor
The date for the appeal hearing in the damage compensation lawsuit brought by the victims and their families against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will move forward. In May 1994, the victims were taken to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aircraft Works in Nagoya.
They were forced to work without receiving much of a monthly salary. It is known that they were forcibly mobilized under the name ``Korean Women's Labor Volunteer Corps.'' In 2014, Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare introduced 19% of social pension withdrawal allowances.
He issued a letter demanding that he receive 9 yen, causing public outrage. In the first and second trials, the court awarded 150 million won to the deceased, 120 million won to the injured survivor, 100 million won to the survivor, and 100 million won to the deceased's family.
The compensation standard was set at 20 million won. The court of first instance stated, ``The former Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' act of forcibly mobilizing the plaintiffs and forcing them to provide labor in order to produce war materials for a war of aggression was
"This constitutes an anti-humanitarian act of actively participating in the Japanese government's illegal colonial rule and war of aggression on the Korean Peninsula at the time," the court ruled.
On the same day, the Second Division of the Supreme Court filed a lawsuit against Nippon Steel by seven people, including Mr. Kwak, a victim of forced labor.
The date for the appeal court judgment in the lawsuit claiming compensation for damages will be set. At the time, Mr. Kwak and his colleagues were forced to work by their employer, Nippon Steel, and suffered forced labor and were unable to receive proper wages.
There is a history of filing a lawsuit in March 2013. In the first and second trials, the court ruled that each victim should receive a total of 700 million won, 100 million won each. In the first trial, ``There was no threat of forced mobilization or recruitment.''
The court held that ``Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal maintains its identity with Nippon Steel, and therefore is the subject of liability for the illegality.''