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Victim of forced labor thanks Song Hye-kyo for rejecting Mitsubishi Motors
Actress Song Hye-kyo (UAA) |
The 84-year-old lady named Yang Geum-duk wrote in the letter that she was “exalted” to hear the news.
“Song did a fabulous job, which even President Park Geun-hye could not achieve,” Yang said. “This was so moving that I felt like my old resentment washed away. I was exalted.”
Yang was conscripted when she was a sixth grader, and sent to a fighter jet factory run by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya, Japan. She was not paid for her 18 months of labor. The Japanese giant is known to have mobilized more than 100,000 Koreans for forced labor before and during World War II. According to Yonhap News Agency, Mitsubishi Motor has extended neither apology nor compensation.
A handwritten letter by Yang Geum-duk, who was engaged in forced labor during World War II (Yonhap) |
Song garnered worldwide popularity after she starred in KBS 2TV series “Descendants of the Sun.”
By Son Ji-hyoung (json@heraldcorp.com)