Remains of thousands of Korean victims of Japan's forced labor yet to be repatriated
Foreign affairsJun 1, 2018
IKI ISLAND, Japan -- About 2,770 sets of remains belonging to Korean people forcibly brought to Japan to work for its factories and military during World War II have yet to be repatriated home, South Korean government officials said Friday.Japan ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945, a time during which historians say millions of Koreans were mobilized into forced labor.The remains have been retrieved and kept in 340 temples or cineraria across the neighboring country -- 480 in the Hokkai