Japan, South Korea leaders pray at memorial for Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima

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Published May 20, 2023 9:06 PM

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have prayed together at a memorial for Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit. Yoon is in Hiroshima to join leaders from seven other guest nations and G7 leaders in “outreach” sessions on Sunday, the last day of the three-day summit. Yoon is the first South Korean leader to visit the memorial, underscoring a thaw in relations that have been repeatedly hurt by disputes stemming from Japan’s wartime brutality.

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