Japan commemorates workers who died at the Sado Island Gold Mines, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. The ceremony acknowledges Korean labourers' suffering but does not offer an apology, reigniting ...
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 ...
One of Sado Island's gold mines (Niigata Prefecture Tourism Association) The first official memorial ceremony honoring Korean victims of forced labor at the gold mines on Sado Island during ...