[Breaking News]Korea court upholds wartime labor damages order for Japan firms

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[Breaking News]Korea court upholds wartime labor damages order for Japan firms

SEOUL, Dec. 21 Kyodo - South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld decisions by lower courts ordering two Japanese firms, Nippon Steel Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., to pay damages to South Koreans for forced labor during Japan's colonial rule.

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