SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's top court ruled on Tuesday that Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (T:5401) should compensate four South Koreans for their forced labor during World War Two when Japan occupied Korea, Yonhap reported.
The Supreme Court ordered the company to pay 100 million won ($87,700) to each of the four plaintiffs.
The court ruled that the former laborers' right to reparation was not terminated by a 1965 treaty normalizing diplomatic ties, rejecting the claim by Tokyo, Yonhap said.
Japan occupied Korea from 1910-45.