South Korea Announces ‘Historic’ Plan to Compensate Victims of Wartime Forced Labor

South Korea Announces ‘Historic’ Plan to Compensate Victims of Wartime Forced Labor
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol take part in the ASEAN-Plus Three Summit as part of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov. 12, 2022. Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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South Korea’s government announced a plan on Sunday that aims to resolve a long-running dispute on compensating Koreans forced to work under Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula between 1910 and 1945.

The move marks a step toward improving ties between the two nations and comes as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol seeks to bolster relations with Japan amid ongoing concerns regarding North Korea’s ever-increasing nuclear weapons program.

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