Mitsubishi Heavy Gets Another Compensation Order in S. Korea

December 15, 2018

Seoul--A South Korean district court on Friday ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. <7011> to pay damages over wartime labor, following similar rulings by the country's top court last month over two different lawsuits, according to local media.

The appeals division of Gwangju District Court rejected an appeal from the Japanese company, ordering it to pay damages to two plaintiffs.

Mitsubishi Heavy was ordered to pay 120 million won to a South Korean woman who claimed that she was forced to work during World War II and some 3.25 million won to a bereaved family member of such a worker.

On Nov. 29, the South Korean Supreme Court ordered compensation payments by the company over two similar lawsuits.

On Oct. 30, the top court ordered Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. <5401> to pay compensation for labor by Koreans recruited during the war.

Friday's decision was based on the top court's findings that that individuals' rights to claim compensation remain valid even after Japan and South Korea concluded a treaty on claims in 1965. Jiji Press