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Japan to return Korean artifacts

 

2010-11-15

 

Japan will soon return historic artifacts it took from Korea during its 1910-45 colonial rule of the peninsula, as the two countries signed a pact resolving one of the thorny issues in their diplomatic ties, officials here said Sunday.

During their summit held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Japan, President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan reached an agreement that Tokyo returns some 1,205 volumes of historic archives to Seoul within six months.

 

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