Japan Again Makes No Mention of Koreans' Forced Labor at Sado Memorial Event
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A memorial service for all workers, including those of Korean descent, at the Sado Gold Mine, a World Heritage Site, was held on the 12th in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture. However, the differences between Japan and South Korea regarding the "eulogy" remained unresolved, and South Korea did not participate for the third consecutive year since the service began…
A ceremony commemorating all the workers of the Sado Island gold mine, a World Cultural Heritage site, was held on the 12th in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture. South Korea, which had requested the ceremony to be held, was absent for the third consecutive year. The ceremony, held in Sado City on the 12th, was a memorial service for all workers, including those of Korean descent, that South Korea had requested to be held in connection with the regis…
(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Cho Seong-mi = The Japanese government held a "Sado Mine Memorial Service" on the 12th near the Sado Mine in Niigata Prefecture, a site of forced labor for Koreans during the Japanese colonial period. As in this year's service, there was no mention of the forced labor of Koreans. Yukiya Hamamoto, Director General for International Cultural Exchange at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Director-General level), w…
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