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	The Korea Times : Failure of Reconciliation in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The hugging and handshaking between Ha Byong-ok, leader of the pro- Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), and So Man-sol, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongnyon), at the headquarters of the latter on May 17 was hailed as an end to the long-standing enmity between the two groups.
		Discord among Mindan members was caused by the unilateral move of its leadership in declaring reconciliation with the Chongnyon.
		Some Japanese are displeased with the reconciliation, asking: “Is Mindan also becoming an enemy to Japanese society?” The leadership failed to read the underlying sentiment of Japanese society and the hostile attitude of Japanese society strengthened opposition among Koreans to reconciliation.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/opinion/200606/kt2006062719524554050.htm (440 words)

	YONHAP NEWS
		Dissenters in Mindan criticized their leader Ha Byung-ok for trying to reconcile with what they call "blind followers" of North Korea's communist regime without an internal consensus-making process.
		The dispute forced Mindan to cancel its plan to take part in a ceremony in South Korea marking the historic 2000 inter-Korean summit talks six years ago, one of the key rapprochement projects agreed upon by the two groups.
		Mindan is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the matter, group officials said.
	english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20060610/610000000020060610193846E1.html (367 words)

	Talks between Delegates of Chongryon and Mindan Held
		Chongryon and Mindan decided to take an active part in the national movement for implementing the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and participate in the June 15 grand festival for national reunification as members of a delegation of the Japan Regional Committee.
		Chongryon and Mindan decided to cooperate with each other to expand all welfare activity and the defence of rights and interests including measures against the aging and birthrate decrease of the Korean community in Japan.
		Chongryon and Mindan decided to establish channels and consult often with a view to implementing the above-said agreed points and settling the problems to be raised between the two organizations.
	www1.korea-np.co.jp /pk/229th_issue/2006051701.htm (288 words)

	donga.com [english donga]
		The Korean Residents’ Union in Japan (or Mindan) and the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (or Chongryon) have come to a historical reconciliation after 50 years of antagonism.
		Mindan is an organization for South Koreans in Japan and Chongryon is for North Koreans.
		Ha Byeong-ok, leader of Mindan, is going to meet with Seo Man-sul, leader of Chongryon, at the central headquarters of Chongryon at Chiyoda, Tokyo, and sign a joint statement for their reconciliation and future harmonious relationship.
	english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?bicode=060000&biid=2006051768328 (242 words)

	The South-South Conflict and Korean Residents in Japan
		Conflict among the Mindan and Chongryun and the progressive force of the Hantongryun, which emerged out of the Mindan, are directly connected to and echo the South-South conflict and inter-Korean confrontation.
		Although it is at ends with Mindan, it is rare that Hantongryun is in direct conflict with Mindan because of the former's weak capacity for public mobilization.
		Until the advent of the Kim Young Sam administration in the mid-1990s the Mindan was acting as a passport-issuing agency for Korean residents in Japan with a significant financial base.
	www.nautilus.org /fora/security/0540AWon.html (3653 words)

	YONHAP NEWS
		Mindan and Chongryon are the two largest Korean groups in Japan, representing more than 600,000 ethnic Koreans, mostly descendants of Koreans who moved there voluntarily or were forced to during Japan's 1910-45 colonization of the Korean Peninsula.
		Mindan, which claims about 500,000 members, sides with South Korea and has been at loggerheads with Chongryon, composed of some 150,000 people who have supported the North for decades.
		Mindan and Chongryon will "make joint efforts to promote education and Korean culture, as well as work together for the welfare and the rights of the Korean community," according to the statement.
	english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20060525/630000000020060525103320E0.html (874 words)

	mindan
		Mindan has carried out numerous projects for the development of our motherland, devastated by 36 years of Japanese colonization, and the Korean War.
		In 1973, cooperating with the Saemaul(Korean word meaning 'new town') movement of the motherland, Mindan carried out Saemaum-simki(Korean word meaning 'planting new minds') movement of the 600,000 members, through which thousands of trees were planted to the mountains of the motherland, and sisterhood were established with 150 villages.
		Mindan gathered and spent 40 million yen for the sufferers of 2002 summer typhoon, 18 million yen for the victims of Taegu subway fire tragedy, 40 million yen for the sufferers of 2003 summer typhoon.
	www.mindan.org /eng/about/history.php (1616 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Chronology for Koreans in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Included in their demands were: i) the right to vote in mayoral, gubernatorial, and local assembly elections; ii) the introduction of classes that focus on ethnic education; and iii) right to use Korean names.
		Hae Ryong Chung, the president of Mindan, was allowed to attend and address the Japanese Social Democratic Party (SDP) Convention (the SDP was the largest member of Prime Minister Hosokawa's ruling coalition) for the first time in the party's history.
		Many of Mindan's 450,000 members were born and raised in Japan but are still regarded as alien residents.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/chronology.asp?groupId=74003 (6607 words)

	North and South Korean groups in Japan hold historic meeting : National : Home
		Representatives of Mindan, a pro-Seoul Korean residents union in Japan, and Chongryon, its pro-Pyongyang counterpart there, held an official meeting at the headquarters of Chongryon May 17 in Tokyo.
		Mindan officials said through tears, “We never imagined this day would come.” Their Chongryon counterparts were also deeply moved by the meeting.
		Mindan last year tried to show a gesture of reconciliation by offering to jointly hold an event to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Korea’s liberation, but the event never materialized.
	english.hani.co.kr /arti/english_edition/e_national/124461.html (518 words)

	Zainichi Korean Summary
		Mindan has also traditionally operated a school system for the children of its members, although it has been always been less widespread and organized compared to its Chongryon counterpart, and is said to be nearly defunct at the present time.
		In general, Chongryon is a declining organization primarily maintained by older Zainichi Chosenjin who appreciate the contributions the organization and the North Korean government has made to their lives, regardless of present political conditions.
		Whether the officials of Chongryon had known of the kidnappings or not, ordinary members of Chongryon who had believed the party line felt deeply humiliated and disillusioned upon discovering that they had been used as mouthpieces to deny what was seen in Japan as serious wrongdoing by North Korea.
	www.bookrags.com /Zainichi_Korean (2073 words)

	Zainichi Korean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Years of activism, such as Mintohren, and community support by Zainichi organizations (Mindan, Chongryon, Mintoren, among others), other minority groups (Ainu, Burakumin, Ryukyuans, Uilta, Nivkhs and others), and sympathetic Japanese have improved the societal atmosphere for Zainichi in Japan.
		However, many still hide their heritage to avoid discrimination, which seemed to die down until 2002 when North Korea revealed that it had abducted Japanese nationals.
		South Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) (Korean, Japanese, English)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zainichi (635 words)

	Korean residents in Japan to seek establishment of new bank Asian Political News - Find Articles
		Mindan is keen to launch the bank by the end of this year to finish taking over the sound assets of the failed ''shogin'' credit unions by next April, when the current system of blanket deposit protection is lifted, they said.
		Mindan will launch a joint task force soon to prepare for the establishment of the bank along with the Association of Korean Credit Cooperative (Kanshinkyo), an umbrella body grouping credit unions that serve Korean residents.
		Mindan and Kanshinkyo will ask for financial support from the South Korean government so as to eventually secure a capital base of 60 billion yen for the planned bank.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2001_May_14/ai_74493216 (301 words)

	The Korea Times : Mindan and Chongnyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is uplifting to hear that the leaders of pro-Seoul and pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in Japan got together Wednesday and agreed to end decades of confrontation between their groups.
		The hugging and hand-shaking between Ha Byong-ok, leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) and So Man-sol, chairman of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongnyon) at the latter's headquarters signified the end of the division of Korean residents in Japan.
		The Korean residents groups have been at odds over the last 50 years, symbolizing the territorial division of their fatherland.
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/opinion/200605/kt2006051818333654040.htm (395 words)

	Long Island Press: Long Island Newspaper, News, Entertainment, Real Estate, Classifieds, Automotive, Weddings, Business ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		But the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan), founded in 1946, and the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), established in 1955, have had a history of antagonism stemming from deep ideological differences.
		Mindan's leader, Ha Byeong-ok, and Chongryon's head, So Man-sul, said they had agreed to work together to better the lives of Koreans in Japan.
		"Mindan and (Chongryon)...agreed to switch their relationship, which for a long time had been based on animosity and conflict, to one of mutual understanding and harmony," they said in a statement issued after the first-ever meeting between leaders of the two groups.
	www.longislandpress.com /reuters/1_ds_179735.php?show=contact (305 words)

	Chongryon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For South Korean residents in Japan, there's the organization Mindan, the Korean Residents Union In Japan.
		Currently, among 610,000 Korean residents in Japan, 35 percent are members of Chongryon, and 65 percent are members of Mindan.
		Even though the leaders of Chongryon knew the reality of North Korea, they actively promoted the returning movement, which resulted in about 87,000 Koreans' and 6,000 Japanese wives' returns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chongryon (432 words)

	Reconciliation of North-South groups in Japan faces collapse : International : Home
		The head of Mindan, the pro-Seoul group of Korean residents in Japan, hinted Saturday that a statement of reconciliation with its pro-Pyongyang counterpart may have to be scrapped.
		Ha's remarks were taken to indicate Mindan would soon have to start from scratch in terms of whether to maintain the reconciliation statement, which the top leaders of Mindan and Chongryun signed May 17 after decades of conflict between the two groups.
		Those opposed to the reconciliation statement have accused Mindan's leadership of signing the statement prior to discussion by its central committee or central executive committee.
	english.hani.co.kr /arti/english_edition/e_international/135815.html (418 words)

	NK Missions - The World Network for North Korea Missions
		Mindan President Ha Byeong Ok announces the group's decision Thursday in Tokyo to end its thaw with Chongryun.
		Mindan mailed its retraction Thursday to the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun), which represents residents from North Korea.
		While Mindan blamed its decision on Wednesday's missile launches, the accord had already been effectively scrapped over internal divisions and growing opposition from its regional chapters and organizations.
	www.nkmissions.com /forum/threads.php?id=2469_0_15_0_C (502 words)

	North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Mindan-Chongryun make up?
		The agreement came at a 40-minute meeting in Tokyo between the leaders of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, known as Mindan, and the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon.
		Mindan and Chongryon are the two largest groups representing more than 600,000 ethnic Koreans in Japan, mostly descendants of Koreans who moved here voluntarily or were forced to during Japan’s 1910-45 colonization of the Korean Peninsula.
		Mindan was founded in 1946; Chongryon in 1955.
	www.nkeconwatch.com /2006/05/17/mindan-chongryun-make-up (1148 words)

	UPF Field : Japan 2006
		Ha Byung Ok, leader of the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan, held talks with So Man Sul, leader of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, Wednesday morning and issued a joint statement promising to increase cooperation, Kyodo News reported.
		On November 8, 2004 representatives and leaders of Mindan and Chongryon attended the first Peace and Unification Rally for the Realm of the Homogenous Race of True Heart, at the Little Angels Performing Arts Center in Seoul, Korea.
		A Mindan participant from Saitam remarked: "I felt the historic suffering caused by the separation when we went to Imjin-gak; it was a very impressive event.
	peacefederation.org /news/field/japan/2006/index.php?report_id=744&event_id=192 (2086 words)

	YONHAP NEWS
		Representatives of the two groups of Korean residents in Japan, each known by the generic term Jaeilgyopo, signed an unprecedented agreement in Tokyo to work together to promote their ethical pride and secure legal rights in Japan.
		Hosaka said the Japanese government's growing pressure on Chongryon is partly behind the group's decision to mend ties with Mindan.
		Mindan advocates Koreans' right to vote in Japanese elections as a way of giving potential constituents a voice, but Chongryon opposes this policy and sees it as an attempt to assimilate the Jaeilgyopo into mainstream Japanese society.
	english.yna.co.kr /Engnews/20060517/630000000020060517174714E7.html (650 words)

	Japan's North and South Corean (Korean) Groups End Half Century of Hostility \| Asian American Daily \| GoldSea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Leaders of the two groups _ the pro-North General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, and the pro-SouthKorean Residents Union in Japan, or Mindan _ held talks Wednesday morning and issued a joint statement promising to increase future cooperation.
		Mindan was set up in 1946 and Chongryon in 1955.
		Mindan is headed by Ha Byong-ok and Chongryon by So Man Sul.
	goldsea.com /Asiagate/605/17japan.html (518 words)

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		When the police pursue an illegal Korean immigrant, everyone closes ranks on the grounds that the person concerned is "a compatriot".
		Although the vast majority of Koreans in Japan are from South Korea, many southerners joined Chosen Soren in order to retain their sense of identity, yet did not espouse its ideology.
		Mindan, the southerners' rival organisation, has kept a much lower profile.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/030Compecon/Korea/030903culture.txt (822 words)

	Jedi.Net :: View topic - Golden Link Casino
		Mindan gently touched down in his assigned hangar bay and set hi ships security protocols.
		Mindan could see the employee quake as the towering Piccolo himself turned their undivided attention to him.
		Mindan stared at him glaringly from behind his sunglasses.
	forums.jedi.net /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=606910&highlight= (4767 words)

	USJP.org: Japanese Education - Education for Foreign Children
		Mindan established its own Korean ethnic schools by April 1948: 52 elementary schools with 6,297 students, two middle schools with 242 students, and two vocational-training schools with 289 students (Lee 1999:142).
		In contrast, the Mindan operates four Korean schools, two of which are accredited private schools and two of which are miscellaneous schools.
		The Mindan’s Korean schools teach Korean language and history, in addition to the general subjects in accordance with the MOE’s Course of Study.
	www.usjp.org /jpeducation_en/jpEdForeignEd_en.html (10099 words)

	donga.com [english donga]
		The relationship between Chongryeon and the pro-Seoul Federation of Korean Residents in Japan (Mindan), which have been holding a proxy war for South and North Korea for 60 years, and the Japanese government is similar.
		According to 1950 statistics on Korean residents in Japan by the Japanese Ministry of Justice, those with South Korean citizenship in Japan numbered 40,000 (7.4 percent), and those with North Korean citizenship were 500,000 (92.6 percent).
		But for us, Mindan and Chongryeon’s reconciliation is a thing to welcome.
	english.donga.com /srv/service.php3?bicode=100000&biid=2006051885688 (407 words)

	Two Koreas Join In Protest Of US Military Presence
		Cultural and sports exchanges between affiliates of Mindan, the Korean Residents Union in Japan, and the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryun) have taken place since the historic June 2000 North-South summit.
		Mindan is loyal to the South Korean government, whose President-elect Roh Muh Hyun officially denounced the rallies in Seoul.
		Mindan reflects the views of mainstream South Korean media that is wary Kim Jong Il will use the surge of anti-Americanism in South Korean for his own political agenda.
	www.rense.com /general33/wer.htm (633 words)

	THE ARGUS
		As a matter of fact, Mindan and Chochongryun has a deep antipathy to each other by different ideology.
		Mindan appealed their strong ill feelings to the Chochongryun, on the September 2 statement.
		Mindan headquarters said, "Chongryun is trying to justify N.K. nuclear development and kidnapping.
	maincc.hufs.ac.kr /~theargus/377/national_01.htm (961 words)

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