Korean ex-leprosy patients seek redress for quarantine

Korean ex-leprosy patients seek redress for quarantine

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Lawyer Naoko Kunimune (2nd from R) hands applications with a health and welfare ministry official on behalf of 28 former leprosy patients in South Korea for compensation for being forcibly put in sanitariums when Korea was under the Japanese colonial rule.

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