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Korean Forced Laborers: Redress movement presses Japanese government

South Korea’s Truth Commission on Forced Mobilization under Japanese Imperialism, working closely with Japanese activist groups, is currently trying to get the government to remit the unpaid wages and other benefits owed hundreds of thousands of Koreans who had been conscripted for military service or labor in wartime Japan.
Read entire article at Japan Focus