日本企業の立場認めた一審破棄　元徴用工訴訟、地裁に差し戻し―韓国高裁

　【ソウル時事】韓国の元徴用工の遺族ら１８人が三菱重工業など日本企業７社に損害賠償を求めた訴訟の控訴審で、ソウル高裁は１日、原告の訴えを却下した一審判決を破棄し、地裁に審理を差し戻した。高裁は、１９６５年の日韓請求権協定で解決済みとする日本企業側の立場を認めた一審について「問題がある」と結論付けた。
　元徴用工訴訟を巡り、韓国最高裁は２０１８年に三菱重工と新日鉄住金（現・日本製鉄）に賠償を命じる判決を確定させた。その後も同様の最高裁判決が続き、計１２件で日本企業の敗訴が確定している。（2024/02/01-19:11）

The Seoul High Court overturned a lower court ruling on Thursday that dismissed plaintiffs' damages claims in a wartime labor lawsuit against seven Japanese companies.
   The high court sent the case back to the Seoul Central District Court, finding it problematic that the lower court ruling supported the Japanese companies' position that the wartime compensation issue was resolved by a 1965 bilateral pact.
   The lawsuit was filed against Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and six other firms by 18 plaintiffs, mainly bereaved relatives of Koreans who were requisitioned workers during World War II.
   The case was brought to the high court after the district court issued the rare ruling in June 2021 that ran counter to the Supreme Court's decisions in 2018 and later in favor of compensation claims in 12 similar cases.
   The district court ruled that the right to sue Japanese companies for compensation for wartime labor is restricted by the 1965 agreement that property- and claim-related issues between Japan and South Korea were settled completely and finally.