日 히로시마 원폭 75주년 맞아 희생자 추모

Good morning to our viewers across the globe, you're watching Arirang's 'The World Now'. I'm Kim Jae-hee.
Today marks 75 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.
The devastating bomb attack was followed by a second bomb on Nagasaki three days later.
Decades have passed, but atomic bomb survivors still speak of the painful memories and their strong desire to abolish war.
"I want them to live peacefully. That means we, now, have to abolish any kind of war. We should speak out more clearly to the whole world."
Japan will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the two bombings today, and again on August 9th.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will attended the annual memorial services.
In past years, Abe had renewed pledges for a nuclear-free world and paid tribute to the victims during the services.
There will also be a minute of silence at the exact time the bombs detonated in both cities.
Commemorations are expected to be scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A memorial service was also held on Wednesday for Koreans who lost their lives after they were exposed to radiation from the Hiroshima bombing.
The ceremony was held in front of a monument dedicated to two-thousand-773 Korean victims.
But unlike last year when three hundred people came, only around one hundred people attended this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.