S. Koreans, Chinese hold rally over wartime forced labor

S. Koreans, Chinese hold rally over wartime forced labor

SHIJIAZHUANG, China - A South Korean woman makes a speech during a rally on April 1, 2014, in Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province in northern China, in support of Chinese people set to file a lawsuit the next day against a Japanese company over forced labor during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The former Chinese forced laborers and deceased laborers' family members invited South Koreans, who have filed similar lawsuits in South Korea, to deepen cooperation and share experiences.

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