Japan will hold a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage ...

Japan will go ahead with a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, despite South Korea’s last-minute ...

South Korea’s decision not to participate in what was envisioned an a moment of reconciliation highlighted the perceived lack ...

Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country's Sado Island Gold Mines but offered no apology over ...

A memorial service for Korean laborers forcibly mobilized to the Sado mines, which Japan had promised to hold annually ...

South Korea has paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado gold mines in a memorial ceremony.

TOKYO/SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government held its own ceremony in Japan on Monday to honor Korean forced ...

By allowing the mine complex to be registered as a World Heritage site without demanding proper identification of the use of forced labor, Korea’s government set itself up to fail ...

South Korea held a memorial event in Japan on Monday for its labourers forced to work at a controversial mine during World War Two, after boycotting one organised by Tokyo, highlighting lingering ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado ...

Seoul had dropped its initial objections "on the condition that Japan faithfully implements the recommendation... to reflect the 'full history' at the Sado Gold Mine site". Tokyo had agreed to host a ...