S. Korean students write to Japanese children

SEOUL, South Korea - Chae Pa Da (L), a poet from Cheju Island in South Korea, hands some of the 13,000 encouraging letters from primary and secondary school students on the island addressed to children affected by the March 11 quake and tsunami in Japan to Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Masatoshi Muto during a ceremony in Seoul on April 13, 2011. The letter writing drive was started by Chae's call and carried out by a local education bureau. (Kyodo)

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