SADO, Niigata Prefecture--Japan was set to go ahead with a memorial ceremony Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, despite South Korea’s last-minute boycott of the event that highlighted ...

SADO, Japan (AP) — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony on Monday, a day after boycotting a similar event ...

South Korea will not be attending a November memorial ceremony in Japan to honor people subjected to wartime forced labor in the Sado Island Gold Mines, the South Korean Foreign Ministry said on ...

The Nov. 24 memorial ceremony came months after the Sado Island gold mines gained UNESCO World Heritage status. South Korea had opposed the designation, citing its history as a place where ...

Japan’s latest report came after South Korea boycotted a Japan-hosted memorial ceremony for Korean victims of the Sado mine complex, another Unesco-listed forced labour site, in November 2024, ...