'일본 강제징용' 다룬 문체부 해외문화홍보원 영상, 국내외 호평 이어져<br /><br />About a week ago,... the government posted a video online showing Japan's use of forced labor during the Second World War.<br />The video now has more than a hundred thousand views,... getting sympathy and attention from around the world.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo tells us more.<br />"It's not your fault."<br />That's the first sentence that appears in an online video about the issue of Japan's use of Koreans for forced labor during World War II.<br />It was uploaded last week by the Korean Culture and Information Service, a state-run agency,... and at four minutes long, it's gotten more than one-hundred thirty-thousand views.<br />Its message: the use of forced labor during Japanese colonial period should not be overlooked in history.<br />Quoting victims and witnesses,... the video shows faded photographs of the people forced to work for Japan and explains how they lacked basic human rights.<br />Then it compares how Germany and Japan have dealt differently with their World War II atrocities.<br />Berlin took responsibility for its warcrimes, apologized to the victims and compensated them for their suffering.<br />On the other hand,... after the South Korean Supreme Court ruled in favor of Korean victims and ordered Japanese companies to pay them damages,... Tokyo retaliated with economic sanctions against Seoul.<br />The video ends with a U.S. professor's quote - "unless Japan makes more consistent and far-reaching efforts to achieve reconciliation with its neighbors, Asia will always be precariously close to another economic or military crisis."<br />The video is provided in both Korean and English... and it can be found on the official YouTube channel Koreanet or the facebook page Korea Clickers.<br />Kan Hyeong-woo, Arirang News.<br />
