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Nippon Steel: South Korea Is Going Rogue

Nippon Steel: South Korea Is Going Rogue
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a news conference at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, May 27, 2018. Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji
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This is the second article in a series. The first is available here.
On Oct. 30, 2018, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (ROKSC) denied a final appeal by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp., ordering the company to pay damages arising from forced-labor claims during Japanese colonial rule in the 1940s.
Cory Evans
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Cory Evans is an Assistant Professor at Baruch College, the City University of New York. His research focuses on Japanese law and diplomacy in East Asia.
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