S. Korean ex-leprosy patients seek compensation for quarantine

S. Korean ex-leprosy patients seek compensation for quarantine

TOKYO, Japan - Kang U Sok (R), a representative of a group of 85 former leprosy patients in South Korea, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Feb. 25 after filing a request with the Japanese government for compensation for being forcibly put into sanitariums when Korea under Japanese colonial rule. (Kyodo)

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