Japan’s Colonial Past: A Controversial Memorial at Sado Gold Mines

by Nikolai Johnsen, Al Jazeera.

Japan held a memorial at the Sado Gold Mines UNESCO site, commemorating laborers who worked there. South Korean officials boycotted, holding their own ceremony to honor Korean forced laborers under Japanese rule. Critics argue Japan distorts history, downplaying forced labor, while UNESCO faces criticism for tolerating historical revisionism.

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