Yesterday, the Kyunghyang Shinmun reported that Koreans in Japan found themselves in a rather delicate position following North Korea’s missile tests. Now, the South Korea-affiliated Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) is telling the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren) that it can take their budding reconciliation and shove it where the reprocessed fuel rods don’t glow.
(HT tip to Foreign Dispatches, who has a few things to say of his own about Japan’s Korean community)
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[...] The same groups that reconsiliated two months ago are off again (Via. The Marmot) North Korea’s serial missile launches Wednesday proved to be the last straw for the pro-Seoul Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) in its efforts at “historic reconciliation” with its pro-Pyongyang rival. [...]