Atomic bomb survivors in South Korea still feel the wounds
source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-korea-survivors7-2009mar07,0,5420210.story
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Reporting from Hapcheon, South Korea -- Shin Jin-tae says he lives in the unluckiest town on Earth.
During World War II, when the Japanese occupied Korea, thousands of residents of this small farming community were shipped to Japan to work in munitions factories.
Their destination: Hiroshima.
Shin and his family were there on the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, when the U.S. military dropped the atomic bomb, leveling the city center and vaporizing many of those within a mile of the blast.
Along with Japanese civilians, thousands of people from Hapcheon died instantly. Others lived, only to face poverty, prejudice and loneliness, some of them marrying other survivors because no one else wanted them.
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Highr0ller [removed]
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such a sad story.
Vietnam too.
Iraq too.
Afghanistan too.
We are so lucky.
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Sephroe
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Highr0ller:
We who? The U.S is usually at the forefront of major incidents like those; we're the only nation psychotic enough to use nukes yet we go around pointing fingers saying they're the dangerous ones.
- 3 years ago
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Sephroe
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iamfree
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Highr0ller:
exactly what she said...and we're not lucky...just unfortuante that our collective awareness hasnt deleted our corrupt government...yet
- 3 years ago
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iamfree
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cabinettags
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That's a truly sad tale. The fact that the Korean survivors and returnees encounter distrust rather than compassion makes it more so. I've always thought the South Korean government to be a progressive one. But the lack of help these folks are receiving makes me wonder.
- 3 years ago
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cabinettags
