Kwak hails government decision

Kwak hails government decision

TOKYO, Japan - Kwak Kwi Hoon, a Korean survivor of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 18 after the government decided not to appeal a high court ruling ordering it to pay medical allowances to him. Kwak, who left Japan to return to his home in South Korea, called the decision ''historical.''

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