Japan, South Korea and Sado mine memorial

South Korea to shun Sado mine memorial in Japan
South Korea says it will not attend a ceremony in Japan to commemorate victims of forced labor in the Sado Island Gold Mines. This comes as the two nations seek to draw together amid regional threats.
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(2nd LD) S. Korea not to attend Sado memorial amid controversy over Japan's pick for gov't representative
South Korea said Saturday it will not attend a memorial ceremony in Japan honoring forced labor victims, including Koreans, from an old Japanese mine complex, amid controversy over Tokyo's decision to send a senior official with hard-line views on history to the event.
South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
South Korea's government says it has decided not to attend a memorial service near Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines due to unspecified disagreements with Japan over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced laborers at the site before the end of World War II.
South Korea says it will not attend Sado mines memorial in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
South Korea says it will not attend Sado mines memorial in Japan amid lingering historical tensions.
South Korea will not to attend Sado mine memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
South Korea’s government says it has decided not to attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to unspecified disagreements with Japan over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean
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