In Japan, North Koreans ‘very angry’ over funding cuts for their schools

[Wandering Eyes]

Members of the North Korean community in Japan have accused Tokyo of systematically undermining ethnic Korean schools through funding cuts – echoing Pyongyang’s denunciation of the policy as a “violation of human rights” – in a long-running dispute shaped by Tokyo’s colonial rule and bitter divisions over identity and loyalty. Senior members of Chosen Soren – the pro-Pyongyang organisation representing North Korean residents of Japan – are “very angry and dissatisfied” and have urged Tokyo to...

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