South Korea minister to meet plaintiffs for Japan wartime labor cases

South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin will meet with surviving plaintiffs in Japanese wartime labor cases on Friday, his ministry said Thursday, as Seoul is struggling to prevent the issue from further worsening bilateral relations.The meeting will come as the South Korean Supreme Court is expected to decide soon if it finalizes a court order to liquidate assets seized from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., one of two Japanese firms sued over alleged forced labor during Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.Park will "listen to the voices of wartime labor victims directl…READ FULL ARTICLE