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Lee Choon-shik (C), a victim of forced labor by Japan during its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945, is surrounded by supporters and relatives outside the supreme court in Seoul on October 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Ed Jones

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History war between Japan and South Korea heats up

by Andrew Salmon October 30, 2018February 18, 2020

After Seoul’s Supreme Court today ordered a Japanese steelmaker to compensate four South Koreans for wartime labor, Tokyo, which insists the issue was settled by a 1965 bilateral treaty and multi-million dollar compensation package, has reacted furiously. South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld a 2013 lower-court judgment that ordered Nippon Steel and Sumimoto Metal Corp (NSSM) […]