Memorial service held for Korean A-bomb victims in Hiroshima

A memorial service was held Friday in Hiroshima to mourn Korean victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, including those who had been forcibly brought to Japan from the Korean Peninsula before and during World War II.About 130 participants, including survivors, took part in the event at a monument memorializing Korean victims in the Peace Memorial Park on the eve of the bombing's 77th anniversary. It was organized by the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan.More than 20,000 Koreans are estimated to have fallen victim to the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing, ac…READ FULL ARTICLE