2010년 7월 15일 목요일

Mitsubishi to start talks on compensating forced laborers

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has agreed to start talks for discussing appropriate compensation for the Korean women who were forced into working for the Japanese firm while Korea was under Japan‘s colonial rule.

A South Korean civic group based in Gwangju said Thursday that the company sent an official letter saying it would comply with such a dialogue.

Mitsubishi is the first such company in Japan to agree to discussing compensation on a non-government level. 

Officials here confirmed that the firm made such concessions, although they added that they need to further look into the issue for details.

The civic group for supporting the Korean women forced into labor said it received the letter from Mitsubishi after it visited the company headquarters in Tokyo last month.

Actual negotiations are expected to start in late August, the group‘s director said.

Millions of Koreans including women were coerced into working for Japanese companies and the military when Korea was ruled by Japan from 1910-45.

Former forced laborer Yang Geum-deok (right) speaks during a press conference at a Mitsubishi Motors retailer in Gwangju on Thursday.                                                            Yonhap News

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