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S. Korea to conduct DNA tests on Korean victims in tragic wartime mine accident in Japan

· By Oh Seok-min
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SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The government will launch DNA tests on remains recovered from the site of a wartime coal mine disaster in Japan's Ube that killed 136 Korean forced laborers, the foreign ministry said Monday.

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