Thousands of pro-Pyongyang Koreans rally in Tokyo

Thousands of pro-Pyongyang Koreans rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Thousands of pro-North Korea Korean residents stage a rally at Hibiya Park in Tokyo on March 3 denouncing Japan for taking a hostile policy toward North Korea. They say Korean residents have been persecuted as a result of the government's anti-North Korean policy. About 1,500 police officers were at the scene to maintain order while sound trucks from Japanese rightwing extremists circled the park blaring anti-North Korean slogans.

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