N. Korea discloses "new burial sites" for Japanese war dead

Residents in Hamhung, eastern North Korea, dig up a farming field on Nov. 5, 2015, in search of the remains of Japanese nationals who died around the end of World War II. Kyodo News was given access to the field, one of the two locations that Pyongyang says are newly found burial sites for Japanese war victims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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