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FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2018, file photo, South Korean Lee Chun-sik, 94-year-old victim of forced labor during Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula before the end of World War II, sits on a wheelchair upon his arrival at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea. Lawyers for South Koreans forced into wartime labor have taken legal steps to seize the South Korean assets of a Japanese company they are trying to pressure into following a court ruling to provide them compensation. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Lawyers try to seize Japanese assets over Korean forced work

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Lim Jae-sung, plaintiffs' attorney, speaks as Kim Se-eun, left, plaintiffs' attorney, listens during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. The two lawyers for Korean forced laborers demanded Nippon Steel &amp; Sumitomo Metal Corp., a Japanese steelmaker, respond to their request to discuss compensation by Christmas, or they will take legal step to freeze its assets in their country. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan firm warned of legal step over Korean forced laborers

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press