Kim Hui-Jong, a South Korean citizen was abducted from his village by japanese soldiers during world war II. He was forced to dig tunnels, and do other forced labor in the world war II military camp in Saipan. A bomb shell even exploded near his head, giving him serious hearing problems. For years he did labors, until one day, an American soldier came to him with the news of freedom. The Japanese had surrendered. The U.S Goverment flew him back to his hometown Seoul. He managed to live an ordinary life again. He worked as a low level goverment employee until his retirement in 1973.

                Kim found out that he was on the list of deceased among Japan's War. Kim took this as an insult, and he insits he could not bare this. His name is listed at Tokyo's controversial Yasukuni shrine. He could no longer remain silent.
Many view Yasukuni as a symbol of Japanese militarist values that led millions to their deaths. Worse, Kim and other critics say, Shinto priests who control the shrine list Japanese leaders executed as war criminals in its ranks of the dead.

                 Last month, Kim's wait ended with a phone call from Korean activists. A Japanese court had rejected his request.Kim's inclusion at the shrine, a judge explained, "was an unavoidable mix-up by the shrine, and does not infringe upon his human rights and moral interests." Japanese press reports said Tokyo courts have dismissed similar lawsuits, ruling that the Japanese constitution guarantees religious freedom. Judges believed they had no jurisdiction over Yasukuni, which is a religious shrine, the reports said. One of Kim's Japanese lawyers blasted the ruling, telling reporters: "I feel ashamed as a Japanese citizen." Kim said he would appeal.

          During the year of 1910 and 1945, Korean peninsula was occupied by the Japanese. Kim Hui- Jong, who was unfortunately captured by the Japanese one morning in 1944, was sent to Japan to work for the military along with over ten thousand young Koreans just like him. Since he never even touched a gun before, he was forced to dig the tunnels and ditches. Throughout his laborious works, he was almost killed by the U.S. attacks. Japanese told him to wait inside the cave so that U.S. won’t capture him. On the way to the cave, one conscript told him not to go there because the Japanese was planning to lock the Koreans up with the dynamite. Also during the war, a shell was exploded near Kim Hui-Jong’s head, and he’s eardrum was damaged. Then on June 19, 1944, he was captured by the U.S and was taken to U.S internment camp. There, he paid back by laboring for two years. One day, while he was working, one of the soldiers told him to go back to Korea, because the Japanese surrendered. When he came back to Korea, he had to work as a low-level government employee and worked his way up to live peacefully. Many years later, he was informed that his name was listed at a place called Yasukuni, a 142-years old shrine where they list the names of the soldiers who fought for the country, and found out that he was a dead man according to the shrine. When he figured that out, he said he was very shameful and was a dishonor to his country and to himself. So he demanded to Yusukuni Shrine and the Japanese government to remove his name and other four Korean laborers from the shrine. Kim Min-Cheol, who is the director of the Korea Council for Redress and Reparation for the victims of World War II Atroticies, said that out of 21,000 who was listed on the shrine, Kim Hui- Jong was the only one who was still alive and also said that those who are listed on the shrine won’t rest peacefully if their names are not removed. At the end, Japan refused to remove Kim Hui- Jong’s name from the shrine. Hearing this, Kim Hui- Jong was once again upset for being enshrine among the dead.