Podcast [English World] Episode 153: Nagasaki museum sheds light on untold story of Korean atomic bomb victims

Three Kyodo News reporters -- Keinosuke Taga, Toma Mochizuki and Eduardo Martinez -- discuss a museum in Nagasaki that challenges the official estimate of the number of Koreans who died in the nuclear bombing of the southwestern Japan city toward the end of World War II. The museum also tells the stories of foreigners who were brought to Japan during the war and subjected to forced labor under harsh conditions in factories, coal mines and other workplaces.

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FEATURE: Nagasaki museum tells untold story about Korean atomic bomb victims

Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how to translate tricky Japanese phrases into English. Have fun listening to journalists discuss recent articles as they occasionally go off on unrelated tangents.