S. Korea honors ex-Nagasaki mayor over support for A-bomb survivors

S. Korea honors ex-Nagasaki mayor over support for A-bomb survivors

Sueko Motoshima (in wheelchair), wife of the late Nagasaki Mayor Hitoshi Motoshima, receives a letter of commendation from Park Jin Woong (L), South Korean consul general in Fukuoka, in the western Japanese city of Nagasaki on March 12, 2015. The South Korean government honored Hitoshi Motoyama, who died last year at the age of 92, in recognition of his support for Korean atomic bomb survivors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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