Court orders gov't to compensate Koreans over 1945 ship loss

KYOTO, Japan - Survivors and relatives of those who died in an explosion on the South Korean transport vessel Ukishimamaru on Aug. 24, 1945 speak at a press conference in Kyoto on Aug. 23. after the Kyoto District Court ordered the Japanese government to pay 45 million yen in compensation to 15 South Koreans over the explosion. The 4,730-ton ship carrying 524 Koreans on their way home from Japan exploded and capsized when the ship was nearing entry to Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture.