U.N. official visits area ethnic Koreans threatened with evictio

U.N. official visits area ethnic Koreans threatened with evictio

KYOTO, Japan - Doudou Diene of Senegal, special rapporteur of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, inspects the Utoro district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, on July 5 where ethnic Koreans living there since World War II are under threat of eviction. (Kyodo)

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