Seoul: The number of Koreans aboard a Japanese ship that sank in 1945, killing up to over 3,000 people, will likely be revealed by the year-end following an analysis of passenger lists, the interior ministry said on Sunday.

The government has commissioned the Foundation for Victims of Forced Mobilisation by Imperial Japan to carry out an in-depth analysis of 75 passenger lists and related items received from the Japanese foreign ministry between September last year and March this year.

The analysis is expected to be completed by mid-December after the interior ministry sorts through passengers listed more than once and corrects misprints and mistranslations. Currently, a total of 18,300 people are listed in the documents, reports Yonhap news agency.

The Ukishima Maru was transporting K

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