Korean A-bomb Victims
Explore the forgotten history of Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Learn about their journey toward justice, recognition, and global peace.
HIROSHIMA DAY - The Forgotten Korean Victims
Discover the often overlooked history of Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima and learn how their tragic legacy is finally receiving global recognition.
Our comprehensive guide offers you in-depth information on the estimated 20,000 Korean lives lost during the 1945 bombing, their forced mobilisation to Japan as colonial labourers, and the ongoing struggle for historical accountability.
Since the 1990s, growing public pressure and civil advocacy have successfully worked to make their story visible, culminating in the special memorial inside the central Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate Korean victims.
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Curated Directory & Deep-Dive Resources on Korean A-bomb Victims
- Korean Victims and Survivors Memorial Monument - Hiroshima Peace Tourism 482303
- Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea - SPARK 482428
- People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy - PSPD 482429
- People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy - Wikipedia 482430
- Hibakusha > Korean survivors - Wikipedia 482280
- Koreans in Japan (Zainichi) - Wikipedia 482281
- Japan–Korea disputes - Wikipedia 482283
- Comfort women - Wikipedia 482289
- Korea under Japanese rule > World War II - Wikipedia 482286
- History of Japan–Korea relations > Korea under Japanese rule - Wikipedia 482285
- The International People’s Tribunal on 1945 US Atomic Bombings - November 2026 in New York 482423
- The International People’s Tribunal on 1945 US Atomic Bombings - Leaflet 482438
- The International People’s Tribunal on 1945 US Atomic Bombings - Partners 482436
- The International People’s Tribunal on 1945 US Atomic Bombings - News 482437
- Legal Team and Legal Mandate Established for Tribunal Investigation Into 1945 Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Which Claimed 70,000 Korean Victims - SPARK / IPB 482304
- Book: Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin (2000) - Wikipedia 482282
- Hapcheon Branch of the Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association *.pdf 482431
- Korea Peace Now - grassroots movement 482434
- Korea Peace Now - U.S. grassroots network 482435
- Park Jung-soon Hibakusha of Hiroshima / Busan Branch, Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Association ROK - Gensuikyo 482418
- Hyungryul Kim - namuwiki 7/25 482425
- The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims - New Yorker 6/25 482290
- Video: South Korean, Japanese leaders honor Hiroshima A-bomb victims - Arirang News 5/23 482444
- The International People’s Tribunal on 1945 US Atomic Bombings - Preparatory Event in 1/25 482433
- Video: Jane Addams Branch features the Korean atomic bomb survivors' People's Tribunal - WILPF US 1/25 482448
- Video: Talk World Radio: The Korean Victims of the U.S. Nuclear Bombings of Japan - David Swanson 12/24 482447
- ‘US, Japan must apologize’: Nobel Peace Prize sparks mixed feelings for oft-forgotten Korean A-bomb victims - Hankyoreh 10/24 482300
- Video: Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Seek Justice Through People's Tribunal - Veterans for Peace 9/24 482445
- Korean Atomic Bomb Victims Seek Justice - CommonDreams 6/24 482422
- A Call for Justice : Recent Status of Korean A-Bomb Victims and the People's Tribunal - ICAN 11/23 482305
- Memorial for South Korean atomic bomb victims held in Hiroshima - Arab News Japan 8/23 482279
- In Hiroshima, Memorial for Korean Hibakusha has a Tale to Tell - Japan Forward 5/23 482277
- Korea's forgotten A-bomb survivors welcome acknowledgement from leaders - Korea Times 5/23 482309
- In first, Kishida and Yoon visit cenotaph to Korean A-bomb victims in Hiroshima - Japan Times 5/23 482278
- Video: How South Korea and Japan took an historic step on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima - Korea Now 5/23 482440
- Leaders of Japan, South Korea to Visit Memorial to Korean Victims of Hiroshima Atomic Bombing - Diplomat 5/23 482306
- Vox Populi: Ethnic Korean hibakusha tell different story of atomic bombing - Asahi Shimbun 5/23 482307
- Old disputes overshadow visit by Japan's Kishida to South Korea - Reuters 5/23 482308
- Video: The North Korean victims of US atomic bombings on Japan - NK News 4/23 482446
- Video: The Untold Story of the Korean Atomic Bomb Victims - ABPAID 4/23 482441
- Video: Outcries of Korean A-bomb Survivors - NPT 8/22 482427
- Thoughts from Hiroshima: Citizens’ association that helped South Korean A-bomb survivors obtain support marks 50th anniversary - Chugoku Shimbun 6/22 482417
- Video: Lecture: 'The South Korean atomic bomb victims' seven-decade quest' by Ágota Duró - RAS Korea 6/21 482442
- Unrecognized by government, S. Korean descendants of atomic bomb victims suffer from rare condition, disability - Hankyoreh 5/21 482424
- Striving to fill voids in Hiroshima, Part 6: Korean victims - Chugoku Shimbun 12/19 482301
- Korean victims of WWII atomic bombings remembered in ceremony - Korea Harald 8/19 482299
- Medical Assistance for Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Japan: (Belated) Japanese Grassroots Collaboration to Secure the Rights of Former Colonial Victims - APJJF 4/18 482420
- PDF: Medical Assistance for Korean Atomic Bomb Survivors in Japan: (Belated) Japanese Grassroots Collaboration to Secure the Rights of Former Colonial Victims - APJJF 4/18 482421
- Video: Footage of Korean women sexually enslaved by Japanese soldiers in WWII revealed for the first time - Arrange News 7/17 482443
- The forgotten story of tens of thousands of Koreans who died in Hiroshima - Washington Post 5/16 482302
- Video: Japan's top court rules in favor of Korea atomic bomb victims / YTN 9/15 482439
- A-bomb Victims in South Korea: Jeong Tae-Hong - Asahi Shimbun 2/09 482432
- The end of silence: Korea's Hiroshima - Japan Times 8/05 482287
- Japan compensates Korean A-bomb victim - BBC 6/01 482288
- Choi Il Chul: Three-Fold Hardships of the Korean Hibakusha - AFSC *.pdf 482426