Pro-Seoul Koreans in Japan remember victims of 1923 Tokyo quake

The pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan holds a memorial service for Koreans massacred in the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. A group leader said his fellow countrymen killed after the disaster had been discriminated against and pointed out the need to eradicate hate speech fanning racial discrimination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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