Focus of int'l fund-raising efforts dies of leukemia in Seoul

Focus of int'l fund-raising efforts dies of leukemia in Seoul

KYOTO, Japan - Kim Ire (file photo), the 2-year-old South Korean boy diagnosed with myelogenous leukemia and the focus of various fund-raising activities in Japan and South Korea, died Oct. 28 at a hospital in Seoul. The boy was diagnosed in April and was scheduled to undergo a bone marrow transplant by July, but the operation was canceled after his condition deteriorated.

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