Ceremony in southwest Japan marks 70th anniv. of Korean poet's death

Ceremony in southwest Japan marks 70th anniv. of Korean poet's death

A woman offers flowers on Feb. 8, 2015, during a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of Korean poet Yun Dong Ju's death in front of a detention center in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, where he died in February 1945. Yun was arrested as a thought-criminal in Japan during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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