[사회]Abandonment of Japanese appeal confirms a suit for comfort women…

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The ruling of a lawsuit for damages claims that the comfort women victims won in our court against the Japanese government was confirmed by the Japanese government’s waiver of the appeal.

However, it doesn’t seem easy for the court ruling to lead to actual compensation.

Reporter Park Seo-kyung reports.

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On the 8th, the Seoul Central District Court raised the hands of the grandmothers in a lawsuit filed against the Japanese government by 12 victims of comfort women, including the late Chun-hee Bae.

He said that Japan cannot apply the theory of “sovereignty waiver” as it is a planned, organized, and anti-humane crime, and asked to compensate 100 million won per person.

An appeal for objection to a judgment under the Civil Procedure Act must be made within two weeks of the date the judgment is served.

However, the Japanese government did not file an appeal until this period, and the first judgment for compensation for damages to comfort women was confirmed as it was in the first trial.

When the ruling was finalized, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi issued a speech calling for a correction led by the Korean government, saying it is clearly contrary to international law.

There is a high possibility that the Japanese government will not pay voluntarily, so the process of receiving damages for victims is likely to be as difficult as the path that has been followed.

In order to receive compensation, it is necessary to go through forced execution procedures such as seizure and sale, and to do so, the victim must find the Japanese government assets in Korea.

However, it is difficult to seize assets such as the Japanese embassy in Korea under the protection of the Vienna Convention, which stipulated inviolability for foreign missions.

Even if you find it and apply for forced execution, it will take a long time as there is a possibility that the Japanese government will refuse service.

In the end, there are opinions that the Japanese government should accept the ruling and apologize to the victims through dialogue rather than enforcement.

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Another lawsuit filed for compensation for damages filed by 20 comfort women victims such as Grandma Lee Yong-soo and bereaved family members was due to be ruled on the 13th.

However, after this ruling, the court judged that there was a need for an additional hearing, and the decision was delayed by setting a pleading again next month.

This is YTN Park Seo-kyung.

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