SEOUL — South Korean officials are considering creating a domestic fund to compensate Koreans who were enslaved by Japanese companies before the end of World War II, as they desperately try to ...

Japan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry maintains that wartime labor issues with South Korea were “settled completely and finally” following a 1965 treaty that normalized relations between the ...

South Korea's top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor Family members of victims react outside the Supreme Court of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec ...

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — South Korea’s government is pushing forward a plan to resolve its decades-long quarrel with Japan over the compensation for forced-labor victims during World War II.

South Korea's new Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Monday that pressuring Japan to resolve historical issues will not produce ...

Seoul, South Korea — South Korea’s top court ordered two Japanese companies to financially compensate more of their wartime Korean workers for forced labor, as it sided Thursday with its ...

As South Korea's migrant labor program ramps up recruitment, ... Since joining in 2014, he has covered a wide range of topics including humanitarian issues, social justice, terrorism, ...

But Mr. Kim has been up there for 77 days, protesting one of the biggest economic problems in South Korea — labor inequality. It’s an issue that is sharply dividing candidates campaigning for ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative who took office last May, ... With a new consultative body to address forced labor issues, ...

South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its former wartime Korean employees for forced labor, the second such ruling in a week.