HIROSHIMA —

Korean residents in Japan held a ceremony Tuesday in Hiroshima to commemorate Korean victims of the wartime atomic bombing of the city on Aug 6, 1945. Participants including Chung Jin, president of the Central Headquarters of the Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, offered a moment of silent prayer in front of a cenotaph for the Korean victims in the Peace Memorial Park.
   
The event featured the dedication of a list of 2,633 names of the victims, with five newly identified and added in the past year. More than 20,000 ethnic Koreans who lived in Hiroshima as soldiers, civilian employees of the army, mobilized students and ordinary citizens amid Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula are said to have fallen victim to the U.S. atom bombing of the city during the war.

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  rajakumar at 05:32 AM JST - 6th August

  Good to learn more about ,august 6,1945 hiroshima,japan history.

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  LIBERTAS at 06:59 AM JST - 6th August

  And how many of those still living Korean hibakusha still have to await recognition for compensation and treatment?

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  smithinjapan at 12:48 PM JST - 6th August

  "More than 20,000 ethnic Koreans who lived in Hiroshima as soldiers, civilian employees of the army, mobilized students and ordinary citizens amid Japan’s colonization of the Korean Peninsula are said to have fallen victim to the U.S. atom bombing of the city during the war."

  Well, good on them for recognizing this, but I believe they forget two of the 'occupations': slave and sex-slave.

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  DanManjt at 01:37 PM JST - 6th August

  Note: the Koreans held the ceremony. Not the good Japanese citizens of Hiroshima.

  Disgusting.

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