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Protest against Japan's revised laws for new foreign worker scheme

Members of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, known as Mindan, gather in front the parliament building in Tokyo on June 6, 2024, ahead of the enactment of revised laws for foreign workers in Japan. The group called for scrapping the laws, enacted on June 14, citing possible abuse of a provision that allows the government to revoke permanent residency status of foreigners under certain conditions.

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Protest against Japan's revised laws for new foreign worker scheme

Members of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, known as Mindan, gather in front the parliament building in Tokyo on June 6, 2024, ahead of the enactment of revised laws for foreign workers in Japan. The group called for scrapping the laws, enacted on June 14, citing possible abuse of a provision that allows the government to revoke permanent residency status of foreigners under certain conditions.

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Pro-Pyongyang group rejects letter on nukes from pro-Seoul group

TOKYO, Japan - Han Jae Un, vice president of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, throws a letter protesting North Korea's claimed nuclear test, at the headquarters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in Tokyo on Oct. 18 after Chongryon rejected receiving the letter.

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S. Korean residents group in Japan chooses new leader

TOKYO, Japan - The Korean Residents Union in Japan chose Chong Jin as a new president on Sept. 21 after the pro-Seoul group's former leader resigned over internal divisions following a landmark reconciliation attempt with the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan in May.

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Pro-Seoul Korean group leaders resign over reconciliation flap

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byeong Ok, president of the Korean Residents Union in Japan, speaks at a press conference at the union's headquarters in Tokyo on July 21. He said he and 10 other top executives of the union will resign to take the blame for sharp divisions within the pro-Seoul group following a historic reconciliation attempt with the rival General Association of Korean Residents in Japan in May.

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Mindan head hints at reviewing reunion with Chongryon

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byeong Ok (standing), president of the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), addresses an extraordinary central committee meeting in Tokyo on June 24.

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Heads of Pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Koreans vow reconciliation

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul, leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, shake hands at Chongryon's headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17 after signing a joint statement on reconciliation.

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - So Man Sul (2nd from L in front), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, and Ha Byung Ok (2nd from R in front), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, join hands for photos at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17.

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul (R), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, hug each other after signing a joint statement at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17.

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - So Man Sul (L), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, and Ha Byung Ok (R), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, hold talks at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17.

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul (R), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, join hands as they head for the exit at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17 after their talks.

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul (R), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, head for a place for their meeting at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17.

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Pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang resident groups to become reconciled

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show the headquarters of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (L)and the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (R). The two group said on May 16 that their leaders will hold their first-ever meeting to try to resolve their long-standing conflict and become reconciled.

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Bomb-like object found near Korean-operated bank in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Police are mobilized July 30 to remove a bomb-like object near the Niigata branch of Hana Credit Union, a local bank with ties to North Korea. The Asahi Shimbun received a call July 29 from a man who told the newspaper that a gunshot had been fired at the Niigata office of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and a bomb placed at the Korean bank.

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Chongryon executive arrested over alleged fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters and photographers gather in front of the building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 28 after Kang Young Kwan, a Chongryon executive, was arrested by police in connection with the 820 million yen embezzlement case. Kang is suspected of instructing former top officials of the failed Chogin Tokyo credit union to embezzle the money from the union's funds.

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Ex-Chogin Kinki official grilled over financial probe

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An Jong Ji, former president of the Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, gets in a car in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 14 on his way to questioning by investigators. He is suspected of withholding information during a financial inspection of the Kobe-based failed credit union serving pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan.

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S. Korean group attends funeral for Chongryun leader Han

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Chang Sik, president of the Osaka head office of the South Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), holds a flower at a funeral March 3 for Han Tok Su, leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun), who died last month at the age of 94. Kim and eight senior members of Mindan's Osaka head office paid their last respects to Han at Chongryun's Osaka headquarters in Higashi-Yodogawa Ward. It was the first time for Mindan's Osaka head office to make a condolence visit to a funeral at its North Korean counterpart.

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Korean residents seek protection for failed union customers

OSAKA, Japan - South Korean residents in Japan march to the Finance Ministry's Kinki Bureau in Osaka on Dec. 19 seeking financial protection for customers of the defunct Kansai Kogin. The credit union, whose customers are mainly resident South Koreans, was declared insolvent on Dec. 16.

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Korean residents visit Diet to demand voting rights

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 members of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan walk to the offices of Diet members in Tokyo on Oct. 4 to press them to enact during the current session a bill giving permanent foreign residents of Japan the right to vote in local elections. Such a bill has been tabled in the legislature, but some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party strongly oppose the idea.

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Ex-Chogin Kinki official grilled over financial probe

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An Jong Ji, former president of the Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, gets in a car in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 14 on his way to questioning by investigators. He is suspected of withholding information during a financial inspection of the Kobe-based failed credit union serving pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan.

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Chongryon executive arrested over alleged fraud

TOKYO, Japan - Reporters and photographers gather in front of the building of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 28 after Kang Young Kwan, a Chongryon executive, was arrested by police in connection with the 820 million yen embezzlement case. Kang is suspected of instructing former top officials of the failed Chogin Tokyo credit union to embezzle the money from the union's funds.

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Korean residents union branch leader speaks in Fukuoka Pref.

U Pan Gun, head of the Omuta branch of the Korean Residents Union in Japan, speaks in front of the cenotaph for people who were brought from the Korean Peninsula to Japan and forced to work against their will in this photo taken in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in May 2015. He said Japan's industrial sites would become an even greater World Heritage site if Japan opens up about the issue. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagoya group gives table tennis gear to S. Korean residents of Japan

People concerned pose before one of five table tennis tables and rackets presented to the Aichi prefectural headquarters of the Korean Residents Union in Japan from a Japan-South Korea economic and cultural exchange association in Nagoya, central Japan, on March 20, 2015. The gift was given to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of bilateral diplomatic ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pro-Seoul Koreans in Japan remember victims of 1923 Tokyo quake

The pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan holds a memorial service for Koreans massacred in the wake of the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. A group leader said his fellow countrymen killed after the disaster had been discriminated against and pointed out the need to eradicate hate speech fanning racial discrimination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean residents group in Japan chooses new leader

TOKYO, Japan - The Korean Residents Union in Japan chose Chong Jin as a new president on Sept. 21 after the pro-Seoul group's former leader resigned over internal divisions following a landmark reconciliation attempt with the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan in May. (Kyodo)

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Pro-Seoul Korean group leaders resign over reconciliation flap

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byeong Ok, president of the Korean Residents Union in Japan, speaks at a press conference at the union's headquarters in Tokyo on July 21. He said he and 10 other top executives of the union will resign to take the blame for sharp divisions within the pro-Seoul group following a historic reconciliation attempt with the rival General Association of Korean Residents in Japan in May. (Kyodo)

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Mindan head hints at reviewing reunion with Chongryon

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byeong Ok (standing), president of the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), addresses an extraordinary central committee meeting in Tokyo on June 24. (Kyodo)

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul (R), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, head for a place for their meeting at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17. (Kyodo)

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul (R), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, join hands as they head for the exit at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17 after their talks. (Kyodo)

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Heads of Pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Koreans vow reconciliation

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul, leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, shake hands at Chongryon's headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17 after signing a joint statement on reconciliation. (Kyodo)

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - Ha Byung Ok (L), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, and So Man Sul (R), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, hug each other after signing a joint statement at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17. (Kyodo)

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - So Man Sul (2nd from L in front), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, and Ha Byung Ok (2nd from R in front), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, join hands for photos at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17. (Kyodo)

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Heads of pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang Korean groups meet

TOKYO, Japan - So Man Sul (L), leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, and Ha Byung Ok (R), leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, hold talks at Chongryon headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on May 17. (Kyodo)

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Pro-Seoul, pro-Pyongyang resident groups to become reconciled

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show the headquarters of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (L)and the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (R). The two group said on May 16 that their leaders will hold their first-ever meeting to try to resolve their long-standing conflict and become reconciled. (Kyodo)

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Pro-Pyongyang group rejects letter on nukes from pro-Seoul group

TOKYO, Japan - Han Jae Un, vice president of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, throws a letter protesting North Korea's claimed nuclear test, at the headquarters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) in Tokyo on Oct. 18 after Chongryon rejected receiving the letter. (Kyodo)

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Bomb-like object found near Korean-operated bank in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Police are mobilized July 30 to remove a bomb-like object near the Niigata branch of Hana Credit Union, a local bank with ties to North Korea. The Asahi Shimbun received a call July 29 from a man who told the newspaper that a gunshot had been fired at the Niigata office of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and a bomb placed at the Korean bank. (Kyodo)

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Court sentences ex-Chogin Tokyo credit union head

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on Oct. 22 sentenced Chong Gyong Saeng (file photo), a former head of the failed Chogin Tokyo credit union mainly serving pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in the metropolitan area to three years and six months in jail for illegally diverting more than 800 million yen of the credit union's funds to the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon). (Kyodo)

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S. Korean group attends funeral for Chongryun leader Han

OSAKA, Japan - Kim Chang Sik, president of the Osaka head office of the South Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), holds a flower at a funeral March 3 for Han Tok Su, leader of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun), who died last month at the age of 94. Kim and eight senior members of Mindan's Osaka head office paid their last respects to Han at Chongryun's Osaka headquarters in Higashi-Yodogawa Ward. It was the first time for Mindan's Osaka head office to make a condolence visit to a funeral at its North Korean counterpart.

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Korean residents seek protection for failed union customers

OSAKA, Japan - South Korean residents in Japan march to the Finance Ministry's Kinki Bureau in Osaka on Dec. 19 seeking financial protection for customers of the defunct Kansai Kogin. The credit union, whose customers are mainly resident South Koreans, was declared insolvent on Dec. 16.

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Korean residents visit Diet to demand voting rights

TOKYO, Japan - About 100 members of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan walk to the offices of Diet members in Tokyo on Oct. 4 to press them to enact during the current session a bill giving permanent foreign residents of Japan the right to vote in local elections. Such a bill has been tabled in the legislature, but some members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party strongly oppose the idea.