The North Korean Football Star Born and Raised in Japan (2010)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Bend It Like Jong (2010): He proudly represented North Korea in the world cup. Yet Jong Tae Se was born and raised in Japan. He represents a 600 000 strong community of North Korean descendants for whom Kim Jong-Un can do no wrong.
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"I respect Kim Jong-il absolutely", the football star proudly states. But Jong has never known the true horrors of life under his revered leader. He is one of thousands of Korean descendants living in urban modernity in Japan, educated at North Korean funded schools with a strictly Kim-friendly syllabus. "We teach that he is the highest leader of modern North Korea", the headmaster of one such school says. Standing in contrast to this adoration however there are many Koreans in Japan who returned to North Korea to find only pain and death. Li Sang Bong knew as soon he stepped off the boat that the place advertised "as paradise on Earth was a downright lie". For those who have survived the horrors of the prison-like country, it is a "heartless place" and Jong is nothing more than a symbol of sadness.
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How can you still love North Korea after living in Japan
watch the video
It's not about the leader and remember the leader might just be watching I would have played for north Korean not for the leader but my people I would cry for them and more so play with my heart for the cut it from my chest and leave it there for the people of North Korea yeah and for all they go through. It's about your people and being proud of who you are a foolish government will not stop me even though I know they are bad it will be for my people I understand his tears.
It’s not about loving the country, but loving its people. The people are the victims.
It's about the love for motherland!
@@peeyushsharma1066 even if your motherland doesn't love you?
Ironically I don't hear them speak Korean, but Japanese...go figure.
Yea that was first thought. But he might've been interviewed by a japanese reporter.
they study in japanese school, only one north korea university in japan.
same with english but i dont call myself an english person
dude, u either a british or a merican, while english is ethnicity, i guess japan still have an issue with this, because the country name does refer to one ethnicity, i think theres a youtube video on this, thats why its hard to obtain japanese citizenship.
Shahrizal Ibrahim no niqqa, im australian and im not white im asian
spend a year in North Korea and you will want to return to your true homeland. Japan.
We don't want them. And this is not their homeland.
Kenya Kanai well, you brought them there in the first place, what are you complaining about?
Atleast they pay tax...
Kenya Kanai Strike Japanese imperialism!
I personally have nothing against Korean people, but the reason why some Japanese people have issues with Japan-born Koreans is because they don't want to assimilate into the Japanese society even though they spent all their lives living in Japan. They prefer to segregate themselves and live separately from us Japanese.
Some Japanese people feel that if those Japan-born Koreans don't want to assimilate into Japanese society, then maybe they should go back to Korea where they consider as their homeland. Some others feel that Japan-born Koreans should not be given the right to vote while they refuse to naturalise to be Japanese and receiving financial support from the Japanese government.
The issue between Japanese and Japan-born Koreans is a tough one to deal with, and it has been going on for a long time.
I personally can see both sides of the arguments and wish that things get settled between Japanese and Japan-born Koreans.
I wonder why she says she feels she has to be cautious in Japan. Not even living in North Korea and these people are still brainwashed
Chauna Their nation is still their nation. just because right now the country is under a particular regime it doesn't mean it's wrong to have pride in their ancestors,their history and their heritage. My country is under communist attack and i still love my history,my people and our beautiful nature
Vitor Fogaco I agree with everything you said but North Korea is the exception to the rule. No one should support North Korea for any reason whatsoever. Just my opinion lol.
Jacob Govatos you ignore that the current situation of NK is very recent and very fluid. Governments change all the time,but the people and the nation doesn't
Vitor Fogaco Except they shouldn't have pride about North Korea, because it's always been a communist authoritarian dicatorship. It's not like any of the past North Korean leaders treated the people well, they let their own people starve in a famine.
Ricardo Sosa What is today NK has existed for thousands of years,you speak of recent history as if it was always like this
Wow, that's quite a brainwashing. Adoring North Korea while living in Japan and driving a fancy Hummer.
Playing professional football abroad while being paid immense wages is the opposite of everything North Korea stands for
If he knows the truth why dosnt he live in the 'lovely' North korea?
+Grandmaster Q First of all when you say he knows the 'truth' are we talking about knowing the shitty conditions of that the North Koreans endure under a crazy dictator or something you have just think North Korea is like?
Your right North Korea is not perfect, its far from perfect and probably one of the worst countries to live in and if you want leave risk not only your life but your families lifes. You say its the USA'S fault? Last i checked the north koreans with aid from the USSR regime forefully tried to take over the whole of Korea and force communism on the enite pensiula. While the USA helped defend Korea from the hostile take over. If anything the US should be admired that they saved the whole south of Korea which is one of the best countries in the world unlike the north.
Stone8age You're probably just as brainwashed.
You are brainwashing
why not go back to north korea and live there if they are not happy in japan? it just easy as 123
Lol
this is fucking stupid
Just because there is a dictator there it doesn't mean that u can't love ur country
Klevis Sh yes
Marino BiH shut up
I'm surprised Japan tolerates this.
around the 16:30 mark you realise that japan dont accept this
Jack Lobb oh yh lol
Japanese governments have become such a puss after WWII.
They should elect more right-wingers into their government.
This country seems stupid because they don’t accept refugees from Middle East or Africa who really need to be in the country and who really respect the country, while North Koreans who don’t respect Japan at all and need to be in the country still stay in Japan. This must be improved. This will possibly cause Japan to collapse from inside the country.
QQ
Shinzo Abe was probably the most right-wing person that Japan could have endured. While he's not completely far right, he does want to bring back the army (which I totally agree with! Goddamn NK and China are allowed an army but not Japan?)
Just because you hate your government doesn't mean you hate your country... I for example hate Donald Trump but I'm still proud of my country.
guslb12 two Donald has done nothing to you while the North Korean government have done bad to the Koreans. Bad analogy
guslb12 two some ppl just like to make a mixed combination of state and government.
+Michael Ram doesn't mean u can't hate him.....
guslb12 two ??? You would be proud of the North Korean government if you were Korean.
without their leaders, N and S korea would have united and NK would love that. These guys love their leaders and their fucking tyranny. Scumbags live dependently on japan yet support the country that kidnapped and threaten japanese people... their purpose is crystal clear. Sabotage
I’m a high school student in Japan.
And Please don’t say so badly of him. He is a great soccer player and I respect him. I think he doesn’t really respect Kim Jong eun. If he doesn’t say so, his family in NK may killed by their government. ... Finally what I want you guys to know is that not all the Japanese hate Nkorean people. Evil is government not people.
I’m sorry for my bad English.
Your english is good friend
@@flacko426 thanks man!!
How you can tolerate this? Someone lives in your country. But supporting north Korea
@@rudranilghosh2187 in my land life muslims ( mohammed was a ganster and murder and childfucker) but we resepct the islam people but not islam
i think japan do the same
@@rudranilghosh2187it is a result of Japanese colonisation of Korea and the following Korean war. They are free to express
So many of us are brainwashed from early on in our schooling to unconditionally adore our country of origin. Propaganda is always so obvious from the outside looking in but when YOU are the recipient, it's a whole different story.
Alex F I Agree
thats so true! i forget that sometimes but i really shouldn't since i used to be a "shove american pride down their throats" sorta kid, sort of obnoxious i see in hindsight now obviously, that was until i went and lived in Canada and after a while, while saying the things i would, I think i finally heard what i actually sounded like.
Nothing wrong with pride for country, I'm just saying me at that point in time was a bit rude, obnoxious, but most importantly thoughtless towards what I was saying about said pride and love.. I think i just did it because it was done instead of truly professing a genuine love of country and the people who of course embody said country~
ANYWAYS all of that was just me rambling, in short I indeed agree with your statement!
Truer words have never been spoken.
Now apply that to western propaganda about north Korea and you've got a good comment
I'm South Korean, yet I can somehow relate with the Japanese viewpoint here. If North Korean defectors in South Korea acts in that way, our government will jail them based on the National Security Act. Of course, Japan has original sin for the tragedy as it is originated from the colonial period in Korea. But it's bullshit to force modern day Japan to pay for the cost in such a manner.
I somehow understand from the heart that those Korean groups would never give up their ethnic pride, especially in the land where the unforgettable resentments of most Koreans lie within. It might be almost unacceptable for them to be assimilated with Japanese society. But those people need to admit that Japan is also the country that they were born and raised. One shouldn't cause problems to a society that has accepted oneself, and try to compromise with it as much as he/she can.
Simon I get your point but I beg to differ. Firstly, they don't have to support N. Korea when South Korea exists if all that matters is their ancestral origin. Secondly, they live and Japan so it is only fair that they assimilate to some extent, I mean, it is Japan. No one is forcing them to live there anymore... And although I believe you are right that the original issue was caused by Japan, they showed much more patience and understanding on this situation than I think was required of them. After two or three generations and a successful South Korea, I don't think it is too much to ask them to assimilate to a degree or at least support the Korea that doesn't kill its own population...
F. OPE r you even Japanese? NO (: you racist please go away from here n leave people alone with your hatred bloody pest
@@FOLIPE absolutely
Talk bad about North Korea, you'll dissappear, talk good you'll appear.
Why the hell would Japan allow these schools to exist??
Because unlike North Korea, Japan is a free country even if you don't agree with what people do, they have their rights. I'm fine with that, all we can hope for is for them to change their minds in the future.
MrOutPerform
Japan is a democratic and developed country. Japan also accepts communist party even though few support and vote for them. you can say "fuck you nips." in front of japanese emperor even though someone may stab you.
Plus, these Korean Japanese know Japan is better than south and north korea. just like SOME Muslim fundamentalists living in USA. They keep saying "USA is the most evil country." but never leave USA.
@@compile3938 japanese capitalist government isn't democratic and it killed communists during cold war
@@zurdddtk3025 Don't lie. Such events don't exist.
born:japan
nationality:southkorea
and northkorean soccer team
same with US americans. gypsys united
He kinda just decided what he wants to be
His grandfather is north korean
South Koreans are 100% anti North Korea. These Koreans in Japan showed in the video are descendants of the North Koreans.
@@user-bj5rd7yc3w정대세조부 경북상주출신이다.
Why they don’t speak Korean rather than Japanese?
I’m so curious
Shame on Japan? Is she even serious? Shame on Japan for letting you live freely in their country? Very ungrateful.
Do these people not have access to the internet?
Bixer no
Perhaps but you do realise that if they said anything against or acted against the North Korean government, they would probably face the wrath of the dictatorship.
The brainwashing still has to be reinforced but if they are self-aware, I can imagine they would be smart enough to appreciate that they're particularly fortunate compared to other mainland North Koreans and get to keep North Korea at an arm's length distance as long as they act a certain way when they are in front of who they need to prove themselves to.
Other than playing up an act to the dictatorship, they're pretty much free to live a more Japanese lifestyle.
They do. Just not the CNN/Fox News propaganda that you watch.
It's kind of strange that they have maintained such a strong connection and patriotism to North Korea even when you ignore the politics and the reality there. At the same time it's kind understandable seeing how they live in their own community and feel rejected by Japan. It must be a sad situation for them to be stuck in between two identities like that: being an ethnic Korean but really being a Japanese and calling Japan your home.... but you know you are not really Japanese because your are North Korean and everyone expects that of you. Now if you factor in the situation in North Korea it must be even worse if you accept the things that happen there. It's like you are either at home where you truly belong and are accepted but have a hard life or be at a place where your life is considerably better but where you are never seen or treated as a full citizen. They could just be like a community of Koreans in Japan (I am assuming the rest of them are like that??), but North Korea still funds them and their school system is in a way still controlled by them. A very interesting documentary.
When the guy was talking about how the North Koreans kidnapped Japanese, I was all like “You guys aren’t so much better now are you?”
And she said her mom came to japan as slave but she and her mom in the photo looks they are rich enough to have the dress.. it does not make sense
I’m Peruvian American. I love Peru, but if (heaven forbid) peru ever got into a war with USA, although my heart would hurt for people who look like me and have my parents culture, I am first and foremost- American. USA is my home. Therefore, why do these 3rd/ 4th generation korean-Japanese individuals don’t play for the country which allowed them to live in freedom? I don’t get it.
Doesn't matter nationality every has the right to be proud of their national players.
lasha k If they are brainwashed then they cant its just wrong
Pikkun0va iOS You're probably even more brainwashed than they are. They're just celebrating their identity.
These are call professionals not some hypocrites anti racial people who are complaining about his decision and commitment. Keep your eco outside dude..
Dat women named shin Soguk really just said shame on Japan I think she's lucky being kept in Japan
9:20 HER GRANDMOTHER LOOKS JUST LIKE HER... I'M NOT EVEN BEING RACIST OR ANYTHING... I ACTUALLY THOUGHT IT WAS HER!!!
right, what a strong family resemblance ~
Breenud39 TV that’s how genetics works 👐🏾
Breenud39 TV Wow they must be related 😂
Daniel Choate bruh😂😂😂😂
HOLY they're not
An excellent report. Your analysis is really very informative. Thanks from India.
This story is not about a group of spies and deranged extremists. This is a group of people who feel neglected by the country of their birth and feeling unified only under the banner where they are considered accepted for what they are. Sadly, that banner was North Korean. I did not understand the soccer player when he was first introduced as a "proud North Korean living in Japan". Now, I understand why he is like that and why other Koreans born in Japan feel that way. Overall, North Korea is a problem we have to live with... and hopefully solve.
I think Japan shouldn't support North Korean school's I mean if you're in Japan you should support Japan
this is not about communism nor capitalism but simply the love of country.
Tolentino Cardenas North Korea isn't even communist, they're a straight up authoritarian dictatorship where the leader does whatever he wants lmao.
Ricardo Sosa It's Nationalistic
Tolentino Cardenas then its fucking irrational, why the fuck would you like your country if your country is North Korea.
Tolentino Cardenas
It's called being brainwashed. One thing is to love your country, it's another to ignore all the examples of atrocities that NK has done and still support NK. That's what happened when you are exposed to all this propaganda.
THE LEADER OF THE CRYSTAL GEMS!! Like Americans ignore the millions killed by the US military abroad? Idiot.
Same thing here in Brazil, where there are some Brazilians who love and dream of Cuba and Venezuela as their "dreamlands" but never actually move out.
Só o Comunismo salva, companheiro.
Also in Peru, mate, many people says positive things about those countries and how there's equality for all and they blame the Americans for what they did, and as you say, never do a thing of what they say
Why not go to south Korea instead of japan where they dont get discriminated and actually get help
Min King they still get discriminated against in South Korea, south Koreans don't really want north Koreans in the south
reveluv reveluv but this guy seem doing fine in the south , he even appear on tv several time
@@Zacky51188 They actually descended from Southern part of Korean peninsula but chose to identify with the North. They should absolutely be sent back to South Korea
Why North Korea ? Why not the south, It's a much better place .. I mean aren't they the same people .
VS Beast what ? do you realize korea was a united country 60 years ago and ? how do you even compare china-japan to north/south korea ?
VS Beast England and Ireland were both parts of the British Empire, today English and Irish people both speak English language. While Japan has never been a part of China, today Chinese and Japanese people speak their own languages which also belong to different language families (Japanese is Japonic and Chinese is Sino-Tibetan). From linguistic point of view they're nowhere near the same people, so I don't know from where you get the idea of "China and Japan are the same"
VS Beast All humans once shared the same ancestors, it depends on how far you want to get back. But in the case of Japanese and Chinese afaik, if you compare them genetically, they're as far as Swedish Germanic and Italian Romance or Palestinian Arabs Semitic and Italian Romance, you see they're nowhere near the same people genetically. There is something called ethnicity, both North and South Koreans belong to Korean ethnic group, no matter how hard you try to separate them.
VS Beast Chinese look EXTREMELY DIFFERENT from Japanese.
I guess most of you do not get his point. He is trying to ask why do they identify being North Korean and not South when both parties experienced the same troubles when it is unified are ethnically the same people.
Why would we pay money for a school worshipping a picture of a leader shutting missiles to us 😅😂
pffff they lost 7-0 to portugal hahahahah
Diogo Melim LMAO
to be fair they only lost 2-1 to brazil
Diogo Melim lolololol
No they won 34-0
still better than Malaysia btw 😂
21:48 that's just so stupid. Playing under the name of North Korea while not wanting to live there? That's stupidity. He is literally turning a blind eye on the atrocities of the North towards its OWN people. If he's really proud of the Kim regime, might as well live in your HOMELAND so you could have a taste of what a REGULAR North Korean life is that don't get to experience the luxury you get in Japan. I am not hating the Koreans living in Japan but I hate the fact some of them gave their allegiance to the North without really experiencing what it's like to live under the government they are supporting. Y'all are living in Japan enjoying freedom that regular North Koreans never experienced. Disgusting.
This is one of the most interesting and weirdest short documentaries I have ever seen.
Would love to learn the "brainwashing technique" from NK, so that I can mold my children into perfect angels. LOL
NoKo technique is physical punishment and hunger. They obey with broken spirit 😢
5:16 "Disappear" just like all your logics
I have lost a lot of respect for Jong Tae Se
No girl, you don't wanna be like him.
I understand if they said they love their country but not the government. You all free now, if you are damn proud of your NK leader then just leave Japan and go back to NK.
Anyone else find it odd that he drives a left-handed vehicle in a country where traffic is on the left?
ZhangtheGreat hummer cars are built like that
Has he ever scored a goal in his career 😂😂
Even though he considers himself north korean and has north korean passport and has played for the north korean national team.i do not think he has to face the same level of restrictions other north korean born athletes has to face.he even played in the japanese and german leauges.
Well to be fair they do the same in America. Kids are taught that their country is the best.
Bob not really, I'm guessing you don't live in the United States
Notice she says "Homeland" notice that they say "respect" and not say "Idolize". I get it, it's your home land and you always have to be proud from where you came from but not happy with the state of your homeland is in (an example is Germans loving Germany but despising the Nazis).
Brayan Ranjel World isn't as simple as you think. There's a war going on between the US and NK.
I am groot
Love and respect the country that gives you a home and a good way of living. If not, if you are longing to be in your country of origin. Just do it.. Leave!!
Can all the North Koreans in the team run away once they get to the world cup
She laughed😄, when she said she wanna be like Kim. Deep down in her heart. She knew that he's a monster.
She said she wanted to be "like him", referring to her idol Jong Tae Se
@@paulozhan watch again.
"This teenager now has a new pin-up: the deadly striker Jong Tae-Se
- I want to... (imperceptible)... like him, in the world. So, I really respect him, and, I wanna be like him".
I think you're the one who needs to watch it again bud.
To provide a different perspective to this story. There is active racism against Koreans and Chinese living in Japan where they are seen as second class citizens. This could be a reason why these people still feel loyalty to their country of origin. Similar to how some Mexicans in the USA feel though they left their country for good. Google or check wikipedia for racism in Japan for more details.
Xiao Hei Seems that these ethnic Korean don't have Japanese citizenship, they're still North/South Korean nationals and only have permanent residency status in Japan. Even after 100 years they still refuse to change their citizenship, I wonder what do they want actually. Anyway how can you call Koreans and Chinese in Japan as "second class citizens" if they're not even Japanese nationals? Japanese do discriminate against anyone who are non-Japanese though, even half-japanese are seen as foreigners there, it really depends on you look Japanese or not.
Im from Japan and I hated all of the discrimination growing up(I'm mixed). And this generation has truly shifted the beliefs of the older one, anyone under 30 takes discrimination seriously towards the class system/racism, Japan is really trying hard to make every citizen feel more excepted. Money is now Japan's new class determinator and its truly sad.
Ruth Katagami x
@@ruthkatagami4011 isnt the last line true for all countries?
Very nice...
You should all go back then.
Why am I watching this
Ur watching too much corean porns
If he's so proud of NK, why is he living in Japan and not NK?
I mean I feel them why they root for a Korean team, having Korean roots. I'm American born to a German family and I'm a supporter of the German team, but also the US team. However, why don't they root for South Korea, you know the not evil of the Koreas?
Why they are speaking in Japanese?
18:33 the guy with the camera is really handsome.
BabyJeff10 lol
Sarcasm
Sex machine
LMAO 😂
Look at yourslef in the mirror bud
you love NK so much? go live there! Japan needs to be cautious of you not the other way around!!!!
they can't, North Korea don't grant nationality unless you were born there
like u would.....
if they talk bad they could be kxlled thats what usually happens its all north korean propaganda
@@araceli3353 they are North Korean, fifa rules state you cannot play on the National team without nationality of that country. He has both a north and south korean passport by the way
I'm actually so confused
this documentary would be better if they distinguished between the north korean and south korean zainichi. yes they are ethnically the same but they have vastly different cultures, viewpoints, allegiences, and experiences. this doc kinda justs paints or zainichi and all koreans in japan as pro north.
Thank God I was born in UK 🇬🇧
The issue of discrimination could be reduced if the kids all went to the same school instead of going to a North Korean one. It doesn't say in the documentary that those kids are banned from going to a regular state school. Why wouldn't their parents want what's best for them, and why do they think that sending their kids to a segregated school is a good thing?!
"He represents a 600 000 strong community of North Korean descendants for whom Kim Jong-Un can do no wrong" ---- If this is true, why are these 600K North Koreans wasting their time and lives in Japan? If Kim & Co. is God to them, shouldn't they immediately return to God's Land? This is like an Afghan refugee living in the West and admiring the Taliban.
I'm quite confused why would they stay in Japan and not return to north Korean if that's what they really call their homeland
It’s just so to easy tell Korean and Japanese apart just by their looks
Oh look a real journalist. My my how things have changed
He was crying bcoz "Oh no i forgot the lyrics😢😢😭😭 I will be killed by Kim" just for joke
What I don't understand is why people think that Koreans can't have pride and live in Japan like the same thing happens in the United States people come to America to have freedom from their country or better conditions but they still have pride for their country like what is wrong with that ? It's just diversity
They aren't even speaking korean. It's easy to say you support him while not having to obey all the rules in the North Korea country like what the people there are facing and trying to run away from.
The first English words they are taught. Disappear. Lol
I had this guy in fifa 10 world cup zakumi's dream team 😂
Do they really know that how brutal the North Korea and it's dictator is
From the Japanese standpoint, the abduction issue and nuclear missile issue are given priority.
Of course, discrimination is not allowed. But it cannot be ignored for us a military perspective or a dictatorship.
I dont understand how can a north Korean be born in japan, but playing for north Korea
Wow he speaks japanese well
They've all been watching to much Kim Jung Un Adventures on UA-cam.
9:20
They are lying.
The Koreans who came to Japan are migrant workers who came under their own will.
It is only a paraphrase of fact that the currency collapsed and the value of reward went away because Japan was defeated.
doesn't matter what country.....we are all proud to be who we are and where we came from....just not proud of our government and some of our leaders....
just a different point of view: what if we are the ones being brainwashed?????
They still lost 7-0 to Portugal that game they are watching
The fact him and his Korean community is more supportive of the Kim family than some actual North Koreans living in the country says a lot... so strange how even exposure to Japan, a free country doesn’t change their view whatsoever. Plenty of people who aren’t too supportive of the regime would love to be where they are.
IM CRYING "bend it like jong" lmao
I really hope the war starts
the best North Korean football player in history.
So sad.
I heard jong tae sae had a brother in south korea and i also heard his brother is a famous rapper in korea
Thanks god. We born in freedom country that we can eat anything..😂😂😢
9:10 That lady looks exactly like her grandmother.. wtf
She speaks really good english, some words have no accent at all. Its interesting they teach more American english.
My youtube there is no such thing as having "no accent"
go fuck yourself with that shit. You know what the fuck i mean.
in other words she doesnt speak english like your parents
My youtube no i do not know what you mean and you don't even know my parents so why bring them into this?
Its like every asian country indirectly worships western coutries and america in some way or the other.
They should leave japan and go live in North Korea...be with their supreme leader
Japan has been lenient with these North Koreans living in Japan. In a way they need to experience the country itself so they can get out of their heads that North Korea is a great country. These people need to wake up either go back to North Korea or become a Japanese citizen freedom is in their reach if they choose the 2nd option.
North Koreans in Japan (who are not Japanese citizens, but dual nationals of SK and NK) are technically South Korean citizens also since the South Korean government recognizes Koreans born on both sides of the peninsula as citizens of SK. Hence why North Korean defectors abroad do not need to apply for asylum, visa or citizenship to move to SK as they're also SK citizens at birth, so they automatically obtain a SK passport as well as SK identification documents after surrendering to SK embassy officials.
Fun fact: Most, if not all North Koreans in Japan are citizens of South Korea (as with all Koreans in Japan) but due to strong influence from Pyongyang + NK ancestry (they migrated to Japan from the Northern provinces of what is now NK after WWII prior to Korean War, bear in mind that unified Korea after WWII/before Korean War and split was under ROK administration, which was succeeded by SK, and under SK/ROK law = all Koreans born on the peninsula are SK/ROK citizens), they strongly rejected SK identity and seeking closer ties to their ancestral homeland of North Korea, politically and culturally. They are also offered NK citizenship by Pyongyang too, and that what they did with the Korean-Japanese football player who played for NK during the world cup. He has dual citizenship of NK and SK, meaning he has two passports.
This would meant North Koreans in Japan are also eligible for NK passport, but due to the absence of a NK mission in Japan, they have no choice but to obtain a SK passport due to their automatic SK citizenship at birth.
So there you are. North Koreans in Japan who are South Koreans by nationality but swear allegiance to North Korea 😆
can't believe no one could show at least a little bit sympathy to those lost people.
0:01 道頓堀で草
This dude is weird and his life is very dynamic...
North Korean born in Japan but decided to take North Korean Citizenship. Then, he lived in South Korea for long time and now I think he's back in Japan.
Why would u like North Korea. Do they know anything about what happens there
They find out when they visit it and cant return anymore.
You can love your country without loving the leaders of your country.
He REALLY look like the humble version of Daesung LMAOOOO
which hummer, pls?
...H2?
They know theres another korea right?
do more zainichi koreans identify as north korean then south korean?
not sure but japan had shitload of north Korean school that what my dad say during the 50-90s not sure about now .
There are two major Zainichi groups in Japan, the Chongryon (pro-North Korean) and Mindan(pro-South Korea). Since the end of the Korean war to the 70's the majority of Zainichi were part of the Chongryon organization because of reasons such as North Korea being more wealthier than South Korea as a country, discrimination of Japanese nationals on Korean minorities, and large North Korean funding's; however, with the rise of South Korea as a dominant economic and cultural power in international stages, better tolerance of Zainichi in the past decade by Japanese nationals, more intense crackdowns on illegal activities by Chongryon organizers, and the betrayal/lower funding by the North Korean Government on the Chongryon organization made the Mindan the more dominant group in the past decade.
Tl;dr: Out of the estimated 910,000~ minority Koreans residing in Japan, 65% are part of the pro-South Korean Mindan organization, 25% are part of the pro-North Korean Chongryon organization, and 10% are unaffiliated. This number have shifted favorably to the Mindan side rapidly in the past decade and continue will to do so( 2000~today). Overall Chongryon is good as dead in the next decade or so.
Not anymore. 2/3 of the people now identify themselves as South Koreans. It was just that South Korea at first didn't really see the Zainichi as Koreans and Japan didn't see them as Japanese, so North Korea jumped in.
If you live a country n you are happy to live there then you owe that country your loyalty If i didn't like my adopted country i wouldn't be here
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I have question so can he leave his country?