South Korea's Supreme Court dismissed the final appeal in a lawsuit filed by the family of a former wartime forced laborer against Nippon Steel Corporation, finalizing a ruling ordering the company to pay 80 million won in compensation. This marks the second case in which the company's loss in an additional lawsuit has been finalized.
South Korea's Supreme Court dismissed the final appeal and ordered Nippon Steel Corporation to pay 80 million won (approximately ¥9 million) in compensation, with the ruling reported as final.
The case was one of the additional lawsuits filed after compensation by a Japanese company was first finalized in 2018, and marks the second case in which the company has definitively lost.
The lawsuit was brought by the family of a former wartime forced laborer, seeking compensation from a Japanese company.