The government “respecting the judgment of the comfort women… trying to continue cooperation between Korea and Japan”

On the 8th, 12 Japanese military comfort women victims, including the late grandmother Bae Chun-hee, won a lawsuit against the Japanese government for damages. Although victims of comfort women have filed several lawsuits for damages in Korean courts, this is the first time the conclusion of the first trial has been reached. The photo shows the bust of the late Chun-hee Bae and the grandmothers who passed away in the House of Sharing in Toechon-myeon, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi-do. 2021.1.8/News1 © News1 Reporter Cho Tae-hyung

The government announced on the 8th that it respected the court’s judgment on the court’s acknowledgment of the Japanese government’s responsibility for compensation for victims of comfort women, and said it would endeavor to continue cooperation between Korea and Japan.

On this day, the government made a comment in the name of a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Choi Young-sam and said, “The government will respect the judgment of the court and will do whatever it can to restore the honor and dignity of the comfort women victims.”

“The government recalls that the agreement between the two governments in December 2015 is an official agreement for the comfort women between the two governments.” “By closely examining the impact of the ruling on diplomatic relations, constructive and future-oriented cooperation between Korea and Japan will continue. I will make every effort to make it possible.”

The 34th Division of the Civil Agreement of the Seoul Central District Court (deputy judge Kim Jeong-gon) ruled that 12 people, including the late grandmother Bae Chun-hee, filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government for damages against the Japanese government.

“The state immunity is not applied, and if the evidence, various data, and the purpose of the defense are combined, the defendant’s illegal act is recognized,” said the court. “The plaintiffs seem to suffer from extreme mental and physical pain that is hard to imagine.” “It is reasonable to see the alimony as more than 100 million won each requested by the plaintiffs,” he explained. “I quote all of the plaintiffs’ claims.”

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