Protest against South Korea's Plan to compensate Japan Wartime Forced Labour Victims in South Korea by Kim Jae-Hwan / SOPA Images
A group of civic groups on March 7 condemned the government's plan to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor on its own, saying the decision amounts to national humiliation similar to Korea's 1910 forced annexation by Japan. The government of President Yoon Suk Yeol announced the plan March 6 in an effort to restore strained relations with Tokyo. It calls for establishing a foundation charged with collecting public donations and compensating more than a dozen victims. Critics, including some victims, civic groups and the main opposition Democratic Party, bristled strongly at the decision, arguing that it makes no sense to compensate victims with public donations, rather than money from Japanese companies that exploited them for hard labor.
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