At the level of the Korea-Japan director speaking on ‘compensation for forced labour’ tomorrow
Two weeks after the Tokyo meeting on the 16th
Korea and Japan have been meeting more frequently recently to speed up resolution
Submitting public opinion on the ‘third party reimbursement method’ to Japan
Civic group weekend rally… “Opposition to Third Party Reimbursement Proposal”
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Korea and Japan will hold director-general level consultations in Seoul tomorrow on a solution to compensation for victims of forced labor during the Japanese occupation.
Since the Korean government has proposed a ‘third-party reimbursement method’ as a solution, attention is focused on how sincerely the Japanese side will respond to the apology and participation in compensation from the defendant companies.
This is reporter Shin Hyun-joon’s report.
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Seo Min-jung, director general of the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Takehiro Funakoshi, director general of the Bureau of Asian and Oceanic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, will meet tomorrow afternoon at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul.
Two weeks have passed since we met in Tokyo on the 16th.
The two countries have held director-general level consultations about once a month, but recently they have been meeting more often and speeding up.
In this regard, a senior government official explained that the main threads of the negotiations had been taken, and only minor adjustments remained.
Previously, the Korean government proposed a solution to a method where a third-party organization, instead of a Japanese war criminal company, would collect money and pay compensation to victims first, and convey public opinion on this to the Japanese side.
[임수 / 외교부 대변인 (지난 19일) : 국내적으로 수렴한 피해자 측을 비롯한 각계각층의 다양한 의견을 토대로 한일 외교당국 간 긴밀한 협의를 지속해 나가고 있습니다.]
At the same time, he urged a sincere response from the Japanese side, such as an apology from the Japanese government and participation in reparations from war criminal companies.
In this regard, Japanese media reported that if the Korean government formally decides on a third-party repayment method, the Japanese government is considering expressing ‘serious regret’ and ‘apology’ by inheriting Murayama’s past discourse.
However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs drew a line saying that it would be difficult to accept a plan to participate in the fund at the level of the Keidanren rather than a Japanese war criminal company.
Civic groups involved in forced labor during Japan’s colonial era held rallies and raised their voices against the government’s third-party refund proposal.
[박석운 / 한일역사정의평화행동 대표 : 강제동원 피해자들의 법적 권리를 내팽개치고 도리어 가해자인 전범 기업의 책임을 면제해주는 이게 어느 나라 정부입니까?]
Since Japanese Prime Minister Kishida has recently repeatedly expressed the importance of cooperation between Korea and Japan, there is interest in how well the Japanese side will respond in this director-general level consultation.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs also plans to express its dismay at the re-qualification of the Sado Mine, a site of forced labor during the Japanese occupation, as a World Heritage Site, but the issue of forced labor is expected to be addressed. separately.
This is YTN Shin Hyeon-meh.
YTN Shin Hyeon-jun (shinhj@ytn.co.kr)
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