Some of the victims of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' forced labor during Japan's colonization of South Korea are pressing a local court to sell off the firm's South Korea-based assets.<br />The victims' lawyers announced the move earlier Tuesday.<br />680-thousand U.S. dollars worth of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' patent rights and assets within the country are currently frozen.<br />The Japanese firm did not follow the Supreme Court's ruling last November, which ordered it to compensate five victims between 85-thousand to 129-thousand dollars each.<br />Japan insists the issue was resolved when Seoul and Tokyo established diplomatic ties in 1965, but the lawyers say they can't wait any longer as their clients are very elderly.<br />
