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Korea to hold solo commemoration for Korean victims of Sado mine forced labor next week

Korea will hold its own memorial ceremony next week to honor Korean victims forced into labor at a Japanese mine complex during Japan's colonial rule over Korea, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

2025.11.13

The Sado Mines located on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, Japan [YONHAP]

Korea not to attend Japan's Sado mine memorial service

The Korean government will not attend Japan's first memorial service for wartime forced labor victims at the Sado Mines, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday.

2024.11.23

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

Japanese mines registered with Unesco after Seoul, Tokyo agree on history descriptions

The Sado mines, a site associated with the large-scale forced labor of Koreans during Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea, was registered as a Unesco World Heritage site Saturday.

2024.7.28

Japan’s perennial self-hypnosis on heritage (KOR)

The discussion on the registration of the Sado mine should start with the acknowledgement of the fact that “Koreans were forced to work."

2024.6.13

Japan’s perennial self-hypnosis on heritage

The discussion on the registration of the Sado mine should start with the acknowledgement of the fact that “Koreans were forced to work."

2024.6.12

A mine shaft built after the Meiji era in the Aikawa gold and silver mines in the Sado mine complex on the island of Sado, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, is shown in this file photo. [YONHAP]

Korea could allow Unesco listing of Japanese gold mines if conditions met

The Korean government said Friday that whether Seoul will support Tokyo’s bid to inscribe the Sado gold and silver mine complex as a Unesco World Heritage site will depend on Japan’s response.

2024.6.7

The former gold mine on Sado Island off Niigata, northwest of Tokyo [YONHAP]

National Assembly adopts resolution urging Japan to withdraw Unesco bid for Sado mine

Korea's National Assembly adopted a resolution Monday urging Japan to withdraw its bid to register a former gold mine linked to wartime forced labor as a Unesco World Heritage Site.

2023.2.28

The Sado Gold and Silver Mine, where Koreans were forced to work during World War II, recommended as a Unesco World Heritage site by Japan last week. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Skilled at manipulating history (KOR)

The Rammelsberg, located in Goslar in Germany, has a mining history of 1,000 years. It has been famous as a mine since the Roman Empire. The first documented record of mining goes back to the year 968. The operation...

2022.2.4

Skilled at manipulating history

2022.2.3

Tracks inside the Sado mine in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. [YONHAP]

Foreign minister rebukes Japan's decision regarding Unesco site

Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong told his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi that he is deeply disappointed with Japan's decision to recommend the Sado mine, where Koreans were forced to work during World War II, as a Unesco World Heritage site…