Japan holds Sado mines memorial

Japan holds first memorial for ‘all workers’ at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?
Japan will hold a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country moved past years of disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the dark side of their history.
South Korea holds memorial for forced laborers at Sado mines, a day after boycotting Japanese event
South Korea has paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony. SADO, Japan — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony ...
Korea holds separate memorial to honor Sado mine victims after boycotting Japan-hosted event
The Korean government held its own ceremony on Monday to honor Korean wartime forced laborers at their former lodgings near Japan’s Sado Mine, following Seoul’s decision to boycott a Japan-hosted memorial held on Sunday.
South Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
South Korea’s government says it has decided not to attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines due to unspecified disagreements with Japan over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced laborers at the site before the end of World War II.
Japan holds Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions
Japan held a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines despite a last-minute boycott of the event by South Korea that highlighted tensions between the neighbors over the issue of Korean forced laborers at the site before and during World ...
Japan will hold Sado mines memorial despite South Korean boycott amid lingering historical tensions
The Sado mines were listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage site after Japan moved past years of disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the mines’ dark history, promising to hold an annual memorial service for all victims, including hundreds of Koreans who were mobilized to work in the mines.
South Korea boycotts Japan’s Sado tribute
Japanese officials on Sunday paid tribute to workers at the country's Sado Island Gold Mines but offered no apology over ...
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Korea caught off guard by Japan on Sado mine issue
A memorial service for Korean laborers forcibly mobilized to the Sado mines, which Japan had promised to hold annually ...
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Japan to ‘cite’ role of Korean labor at historic Sado gold mine
Japan has agreed to acknowledge the history of wartime Korean labor at the Sado gold and silver mine in Niigata Prefecture as part of its efforts to gain UNESCO World Cultural Heritage listing ...
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Sado Opera: The queer Russian party band with no borders
No, Colonel is fine. This is the incredibly flamboyant singer of the incredibly flamboyant electro-funk pop group Sado Opera, the self-described queer performance band based now in Berlin ...