S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

S. Korea court orders Japan firm to redress

GWANGJU, South Korea - Yang Gum Dok (R) reacts in Gwangju, South Korea, on Nov. 1, 2013, after the Gwangju District Court ruled in favor of four Korean women, including Yang, who were forcibly conscripted as laborers during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The court ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to pay them 150 million won (about $141,510) each in compensation.

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