Team examines Koreans' remains

Team examines Koreans' remains

NAGANO, Japan - Members of a research team examine remains in wooden boxes on July 20, 2011, in Omachi, Nagano Prefecture. The team from the Japanese and South Korean governments is researching the remains of Koreans who were taken to Japan for forced labor during World War II. After the examination, remains of four people, including that of four-year-old who died in 1944, were confirmed in the probe aimed at returning them to their families.

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