Japan, South Korea and Sado mine memorial

(LEAD) S. Korea not to attend Sado memorial amid controversy over Japan's pick for gov't representative
South Korea said Saturday it will not attend a memorial ceremony in Japan honoring forced labor victims, including Koreans, from an old Japanese mine complex, amid controversy over Tokyo's decision to send a senior official with hard-line views on history to the event.
South Korea will not to attend Sado mine memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
South Korea's government said Saturday it will not attend a memorial service near Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines due to unspecified disagreements with Tokyo over the event, which stirred longstanding tensions over the abuse of Korean forced laborers at the site before the end of World War II.
(2nd LD) S. Korea not to attend Sado memorial amid controversy over Japan's pick for gov't representative
South Korea said Saturday it will not attend a memorial ceremony in Japan honoring forced labor victims, including Koreans, from an old Japanese mine complex, amid controversy over Tokyo's decision to send a senior official with hard-line views on history to the event.
South Korea says it will not attend Sado mines memorial in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
South Korea says it will not attend Sado mines memorial in Japan amid lingering historical tensions.
Japan will hold first memorial for 'all workers' at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?
Japan is holding a memorial ceremony on Sunday near the Sado Island Gold Mines, which were listed this summer as a UNESCO World Heritage site after the country settled years of historical disputes with South Korea and reluctantly acknowledged the mines' dark history.
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