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Compensation is for forced labour during Japanese occupation

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Critics say S.Korean government capitulating to Japan

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Biden hails “new chapter of cooperation”

(Adds number of living victims, paragraph 17)

By Josh Smith, Soo-hyang Choi and Sakura Murakami

SEOUL/TOKYO March 6 (Reuters) – South Korea said on Monday that its companies would compensate people forced to work under Japan’s 1910-1945 occupation, seeking to end a dispute that has undercut U.S.-led…

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