More Ethnic Koreans Leave Russia’s Sakhalin Island to Move to South Korea
The trickle of ethnic Koreans from Russia’s Sakhalin island continue to trickle back to South Korea:
Twenty-one ethnic Koreans who were taken to Russia’s far eastern island of Sakhalin for forced labor during Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule returned to their home country Saturday, the foreign ministry said.
A total of 91 people, including the former forced laborers and their family members, arrived at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, under a government support project that will help them get permanent residency here or get dual citizenship if they apply. They all have Russian citizenship.
The average age of the ethnic Koreans who were relocated to Sakhalin during World War II was 88, with the oldest one at age 90.
After a 10-day quarantine, the returnees and their family members will reside in rental homes in Ansan, 42 kilometers south of Seoul, and Incheon, 40 km west of the capital.
Yonhap
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“The average age of the ethnic Koreans who were relocated to Sakhalin during World War II was 88, with the oldest one at age 90.” Why did they move 88 year old people to the island in world war 2? that is just silly, that means those people are about 168 now, that has to be some kind of record.
KAL 007 was shot down over Sakhalin Island. Maybe these are the survivors.