Summary | HASHIMA, Japan Choi Jang-seob was 13 years old when
he was drafted to work in a coal mine in Japan toward the end
of World War II.Sent by train and boat from his native South
Korea, Mr. Choi, now 86, joined other boys to fill holes in
mine shafts on the island of Hashima to prevent them from
collapsing. Still, cave-ins and other accidents killed a few ...
he was drafted to work in a coal mine in Japan toward the end
of World War II.Sent by train and boat from his native South
Korea, Mr. Choi, now 86, joined other boys to fill holes in
mine shafts on the island of Hashima to prevent them from
collapsing. Still, cave-ins and other accidents killed a few ...
blogs.wsj.com | 20 May 2015