President Yoon Suk Yeol's reckless behavior continues unabated. Upon taking office, President Yoon insulted independence activists by labeling them communists, disregarded the release of contaminated water from Fukushima that affects the lives of the people and pre-emptively agreed with Japan to exclude the term "forced labor" in the context of registering the Sado Mine as a World Heritage Site. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' claim that there was no discussion about the term "forced" is deceitful to the public. This is indeed the reason for a tragedy of great lamentation.

At the time, Korean workers at the Sado Mine were literally "forcibly mobilized" and subjected to forced labor. By all means, it was forced labor. The administrative power of the Japanese Governor-General's office operated in a violent manner. When the labor officer at the county office pressured the labor officer at the district office to gather workers, police conducted background checks, including ideological investigations, and then sent them to the coal mines. Koreans under colonial rule........

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