Japanese mourn relatives buried in N. Korea

HAMHUNG, North Korea - A group of former Japanese residents of what is now North Korea visit a site in Hamhung in the east of the country on June 21, 2013, that is believed to contain the remains of around 1,600 Japanese soldiers and civilians.

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