This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A South Korean court on Wednesday upheld Japan's state immunity to dismiss a lawsuit raised by a group of women who were forced to work in Japanese wartime brothels, contradicting a ruling in a separate earlier case that ordered Tokyo to compensate victims.
Diplomatic tension flared in January when another judge at the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favour of other women in a separate case, ordering Japan to pay compensation for the first time. That verdict had drawn a rebuke from Tokyo which says the issue was settled under a 1965 treaty and a 2015 deal.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said after Wednesday’s ruling that the Japanese government cannot be subject to South Korean jurisdiction and the entire lawsuit should be dropped. Lee Yong-soo, a “comfort women” victim and one of the plaintiffs, called the ruling “absurd, nonsense,” saying she would seek international litigation over the case.
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