S. Korean court orders Japan firm to pay Korean women for forced labor

S. Korean court orders Japan firm to pay Korean women for forced labor

Yang Gum Dok (C), 84, who was among the plaintiffs who demanded compensation from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., cries in joy in the southwestern South Korean city of Gwangju on June 24, 2015, after the Gwangju High Court upheld a lower court ruling that ordered the Japanese company to pay compensation to four Korean women who were forcibly conscripted as laborers during World War II, when Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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