Sensitive issue: Former South Korean comfort women (front row), who served as sex slaves for Japanese troops during World War II, participating in an anti-Japanese rally in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul in 2007. — AFP
A South Korean court has issued another ruling that undermines the foundation of bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea. The ruling runs counter to the internationally established principle that a sovereign state is not subject to the jurisdiction of the court of a foreign country. It is absolutely unacceptable.
In a lawsuit in which 12 former South Korean so-called comfort women sought compensation from the Japanese government, the Seoul Central District Court has wholly acknowledged the claims of the plaintiffs, ordering the Japanese government to pay 100mil won (about RM368,978) in compensation to each of them.
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