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Korea holds own Sado mine memorial ceremony for second year

Korea held a memorial ceremony in Japan on Friday to honor Koreans forced into labor at a gold and silver mine complex during World War II, the second year it has held its own event apart from Japan's official ceremony.

2025.11.21

Japanese officials hold a memorial ceremony commemorating the workers from the Sado mine complex during World War II, on Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, off Japan's west coast, on Sept. 13. [YONHAP]

Japan again fails to admit forced labor by Koreans at Sado mines memorial ceremony

Japan again failed to acknowledge the forced mobilization of Koreans at the Sado mines during a memorial ceremony held without Korea’s participation, highlighting Tokyo’s continued rigidity on historical issues.

2025.9.14

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Japan memorial service again omits acknowledgment of forced Korean labor

Japan's memorial for Sado mine workers omitted acknowledgment of forced Korean labor, causing ongoing tensions with South Korea.

2025.9.13

The entrance to the Sado mine site in Aikawa, Japan, are seen on Saturday. The Sado mine was registered as a Unesco World Heritage Site on the same day. [YONHAP]

Korea not to attend Japan's Sado mine memorial event this year: Seoul

Korea will not attend Japan's memorial ceremony related to an old mine complex where many Koreans were forced to toil during World War II, a Seoul official said Thursday.

2025.9.4

Akiko Ikuina, parliamentary vice minister from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, delivers remarks during the Sado Mines Memorial Ceremony at the Aikawa Development Center in Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday. Seats reserved for South Korean officials and bereaved families remain empty Ikuina's highly criticized visit to the Yasukuni Shrine prompted Korea to withdraw from the ceremony. [NEWS1]

Korean officials boycott Sado Mines memorial service in Japan

The first memorial for Korean wartime laborers at Japan's Sado Mines was marked by controversy, as South Korean officials boycotted due to Japan's choice of representative.

2024.11.24

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, right, shakes hands with Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay prior to their meeting in New York on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Korea calls on Unesco to monitor Japan's compliance on Sado mines

South Korea's foreign minister has asked the UN cultural agency to monitor Japan's compliance with recommendations on a Japanese mine complex, which is associated with Korea's wartime forced labor and was listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.

2024.9.25

The photo, taken by Prof. Seo Kyung-deok, shows a tunnel inside Japan's Sado mines that the country is trying to register as a Unesco World Heritage Stie. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Korea, Japan reach tentative agreement on Unesco registration for Sado mines

Korea and Japan tentatively agreed to register the Sado mines linked to forced Korean labor as a Unesco World Heritage site after Japan promised to inform visitors of its full history.

2024.7.26

Decaying concrete structures on Hashima Island, one of the Unesco World Heritage sites connected with Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution enlisted in 2015. This file photo is dated Oct. 10, 2020. [YONHAP]

Korea backs call to provide info on forced labor at Unesco site

Korea echoed on Monday the World Heritage Committee’s recent statement calling on Japan to follow up on its promises regarding a Unesco World Heritage site in Japan where Koreans engaged in forced labor...

2023.9.18

Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, left, and Unesco Director-General Audrey Azoulay hold talks in Paris on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Foreign minister voices concern over Japan's Sado mine to Unesco chief

Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong expressed deep concerns over Japan's move to have a mine linked to the forced labor of Koreans listed as a world heritage site, in a meeting with the Unesco chief in Paris on Tuesday, his ministry said.

2022.2.23

A track inside the Sado mine in Niigata Prefecture, Japan [YONHAP]

Japan may delay listing mine with Korean forced laborers as Unesco site

Japan may delay its plan to recommend the Sado mine, where Koreans were forced to do labor, as a Unesco World Heritage site, according to local media reports in Tokyo. “The government intends to put off recommending the Sado Gold Mine as a...

2022.1.20