On October 30, 2018, the South Korean Supreme Court, in an 11–2 decision, upheld the judgment of the lower court, which ordered New Nippon Steel Corporation, a Japanese company, to provide KRW 100 million (approximately USD 84,000) in compensation to each of the four plaintiffs, who were forced to work at Japanese steel mills during World War II. In an earlier 2012 decision, the Supreme Court remanded the case after holding that the claims were not precluded by the Agreement on the Settlement of Problems Concerning Property and Claims and the Economic Cooperation Between the Republic of Korea and Japan (Claims Agreement). The Supreme Court held that the Claims Agreement was not a result of negotiation about compensation for Japanese colonization, but rather was a political agreement the purpose of which was to resolve the financial and civil debt/credit relationship between Korea and Japan. On the final appeal, the Supreme Court concluded that plaintiffs’ claims were directly related to the illegality of Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula and that the rights of the victims of forced labor to make a compensation claim did not fall within the scope of the Claims Agreement.

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Yeo Woon Taek 诉 New Nippon Steel Corporation

2018 年 10 月 30 日，韩国最高法院以 11 比 2 的判决维持了下级法院的判决，判令日本公司新新日铁提供 1 亿韩元（约合 84,000 美元）的赔偿金四名原告中的每一个，他们在二战期间被迫在日本钢厂工作。在 2012 年早些时候的一项裁决中，最高法院在裁定《关于解决财产和索赔问题以及韩国与日本的经济合作协定》（《索赔协定》）不排除索赔后，发回了此案。最高法院认为，索赔协议不是日本殖民补偿谈判的结果，而是一项政治协议，其目的是解决韩国和日本之间的金融和民事债务/信贷关系。最高法院在终审中认定，原告的诉讼请求与日本对朝鲜半岛的殖民统治的违法性直接相关，强迫劳动受害者提出赔偿请求的权利不属于本案适用范围。索赔协议。