Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman, one of the plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against Japan's Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2014, after the Seoul Central District Court ordered Fujikoshi to pay compensation ranging from 80 million to 100 million won (about $76,000-$95,000) each. Thirteen victims of forced labor and the relatives of four now-deceased victims have claimed they were deceived into going to study in Japan's Toyama City, where the company is based, and forced to perform hard labor without sufficient food and sleep during the World War II.

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