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Inside North Korea's bubble in Japan (Who? (Network of schools…
Inside North Korea's bubble in Japan
Who?
Community of 150,000 Koreans
Holdovers from the 40s (WW2)
Network of schools
Language
Korean history
Ideology of great leader Kim Il-Sung
Children protected by guards
Animosity of Japanese
Change out of traditional clothing
Have never lived in NK
Chongryon
Became rich and sent money to NK
Heyday = $25b
Built schools, banks, gambling parlors
When?
Nation within a nation
1910 = Korean Peninsula annexed by Japan
Korean workers and soldiers
Sex slaves
1945 = loss of Korea
Separation
South // US
North (Kim) // USSR
Korean War = bitter division/pick a side
NK sent money to build schools in Japan
What happened?
(70s)
Japan
Demanded that Chongryon repay its debts
Seized their HQ
Funding for NK schools went down
NK
Sent spies in Japan to kidnap people
Started its long-range missile program
Paradox
Pledge alliance to horrific regime
Victims of severe structural discrimination
Right-wing nationalism
Anti-Korean rallies on the rise
PM (Abe) = fierce nationalist + anti-Korean?
Leads to discrimination against Koreans (cycle)