S. Korea urges Japan to fulfill its pledge on UNESCO-listed forced labor site (en.yna.co.kr)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 15:46
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South Korea urged Japan on Monday to follow through on its pledge to fully reflect the history of a UNESCO-listed heritage site linked to wartime forced labor, after finding that Japan’s conservation report failed to explain the coercive nature of workers’ mobilization.

The Sado mines, once famous as a gold mine between the 17th and 19th centuries, were mainly used to produce war supplies for the Japanese imperial army during World War II. More than 1,500 Koreans are reported to have been forced into labor at the mines from 1940-45, when Korea was under Japan’s colonial rule.

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