South Korea faces backlash from WWII forced labor victims
South Korea's compensation scheme does not incorporate a fresh apology from Tokyo and includes only voluntary contributions from Mitsubishi and Nippon Steel — the two Japanese companies involved. The United States and Japan praised the plan.
But opposition lawmakers and activists joined the victims at a rally where they demanded a full apology and compensation from the companies involved.
Yang Geum-deok, a former forced worker at a Mitsubishi factory, said that she never "felt so distressed" in her life.
"Even if I die of hunger, I would not accept that dirty money," she yelled during a protest.https://www.dw.com/en/south-korea-faces-backlash-from-wwii-forced-labor-victims/a-64907859
