Can we all just stop for a second to appreciate Hiroko's professionalism and how amazing she is as an interviewer. I think she approaches sensitive topics very diplomatically and help the interviewees feel relaxed. Well done HIroko and Asian Boss!
Hey Asian Boss!! I think a really cool subject to cover here would be Russian Koreans living in Uzbekistan (and a lot of the surrounding countries). They're called Goryeo-in (Goryeo people), and they are Koreans who fled the war and have settled in Uzbekistan for so long that they have developed their own culture. They look very korean but don't speak any of the language. the food has also evolved into a korean/russian/uzbek food fusion and is so interesting!! I grew up in Uzbekistan and was always mistaken for a Goryeo-in. Their culture is absolutely fascinating, and I would love to see some Central Asian representation on such a big channel like this :-)
Central Asia in general has such an interesting history due to the silk road, it truly is the melting pot of dozens and dozens of cultures. the diversity in the way people look is incredible as well. some people look very european, some look middle eastern, some look VERY asian, some look mixed, there is no "foreign" appearances there. Such a painful history behind the country as well...
Yes, Koryo-saram would be a good topic for Asianboss to cover. But it seems there aren't any interviewers working for Asianboss in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan right now. I doubt the people in Central Asian countries would even watch Asianboss videos due to language barrier cuz the language they speak besides their native tongues is Russian.
@@Patrick-oc1vq I grew up in Uzbekistan, if they actually wanted to go through with an idea like this i would probably want to reach out and offer some of my contacts over there! A lot of the new generation people living there speak english in addition to russian and their native languages due to social media. In my experiences, when I tell people "I grew up in Uzbek", most of them don't know where it is and only get a geographical grasp when i tell them it's neighbouring Afghanistan. Even if the Central Asian people weren't as interested in the video, it would be watched by a lot of asianboss' subscribers and highlight wonderful cultures they probably have never been educated about :-)
Wow i didnt even know about this, sounds very interesting! If Asian Boss wont cover this topic, i will certainly find about it more myself, thanks for sharing!
Chongryon says it is committed to a peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula under North Korean Juche, and it does not recognise the Republic of Korea (South Korea). It refers to South Korea as Minami Chosen (Namjosŏn, "Southern Joseon"), as opposed to the usual term used in Japanese to refer to it: Kankoku
I read this awhile ago, these Korean would identify themselves closely with North Korea and received funding from North Korea in the early years and portrayed the nation’s founder, Kim Il-sung, as a heroic fighter against Japan. These school are sponsored by North Korea and Chongryon. Since 1957, North Korea has spent about $452 million to help finance Korean schools in Japan (according to Oh Gyu-sang, of the Zainichi Korean History Research Institute in Tokyo). These school continued to support North Korea up until today. On the opposite side, there's also Kankoku gakko sponsored by South Korea which I think is completely different. As of 2013, there were 73 North Korean grade schools and ten North Korean high schools in Japan. Furthermore in 2014, there were about 150,000 pro-North Korea Zainichi Koreans in Japan, and they form the clientele of the North Korean schools.
@@whoyou6274 North and south Korea didn't even exists when their ancestors came to Japan, these ppl are ethnic Korean, Not ethnic North/South Korean since that's just an illusion
As a Korean, I could not stop crying when I saw that Hiroko was also crying. I had no idea she would cry over a Korean person's story. People always think that this issue is a Japanese vs. Korean issue, but it is not. Discrimination and racism are humanitarian crises. There are so many Japanese people, like Hiroko, who will shed tears with us. She is such a deeply empathetic person.
There are two types of schools in Japan: Korean schools and North Korean schools, and the Korean schools provide education with approval from the Japanese Ministry of Education, so this is not a problem. North Korean schools are not approved by Japan's Ministry of Education, and they provide education that worships Kim Jong-un, so they are not recognized as schools in Japan. The school was established by Chosenren (communist), an organization that carried out terrorism in post-war Japan and was designated as a terrorist by GHQ and the Japanese police. He was a quasi-terrorist who exported pachinko to Japan and remitted the money he earned from pachinko to North Korea.
There are two types of schools in Japan: Korean schools and North Korean schools, and the Korean schools provide education with approval from the Japanese Ministry of Education, so this is not a problem. North Korean schools are not approved by Japan's Ministry of Education, and they provide education that worships Kim Jong-un, so they are not recognized as schools in Japan. The school was established by Chosenren (communist), an organization that carried out terrorism in post-war Japan and was designated as a terrorist by GHQ and the Japanese police. He was a quasi-terrorist who exported pachinko to Japan and remitted the money he earned from pachinko to North Korea. The reason why communists were smuggled into Japan from the Korean Peninsula was because the South Korean and American forces carried out massacres in Jeolla Province and Jeju Island, so the South Korean government has an obligation to take them back.
I dont think the information is accurate. There are TWO types of Korean schools in Japan. The school which asian boss introduces is based on North Korean education system(textbooks, contents, disciplines all)!!!! There is a different Korean school with South Korean education system.
@@OhKeiSyd so there are at least two types of schools for Koreans ?`I was wondering since they showed the school. Something looked different and old but as a German, how should I know ?
I'm European and I knew it too. After the war North Korea had more money and supported the koreans in Japan and they have stayed on their side since. But I'm sure that the japanese koreans are a bit more well informed than an actual north korean. They wish like all north koreans for a united korea and have a more romanticize view of korea, it's past and future but but I'm sure they are more nuanced even though they maintain the romanticized view of a united korea. I definetly believe the principal when he says they are not indoctrinating the children, but I'm sure these children will not be as anti North and anti unification as many younger south koreans are these days
+Jonghyun Kim I didn't know that and that is very informative, thank you. The "chosen-seki" itself felt weird because I thought only DPRK currently uses Chosen (Joseon?) so I wondered about that and checked the comments.
I'm impressed with that male student..He's so composed and mature. At that age, I wouldn't be able to speak coherently on camera, especially with a stranger.
Hiroko is such a great person for these interviews. She always shows her guests a ton of respect that the English subtitles don't really convey. I know a lot of Japanese people feel negatively towards these schools because of their connection to North Korea, but Hiroko is still able to empathize with the feelings of the principal and the kids of the school and treat them as human beings and not just race or label. It is easy to make enemies and cast judgment on a group, its much harder to try to find commonalities and have compassion for people as individuals especially those who have different ideological views than you do.
It is the same as recognizing the right to educate children in the cult. The children are not guilty, but they have been educated to worship Kim Jong-un and support his military politics, according to a study by Japanese public security police.
If they just want ethnic education, they could learn in the Korean education curriculum, Why do they stick to the North Korean curriculum? Please think.
I always feel like Hiroko is the only person who geniunely is interested in the person she is interviewing. Most other asian boss interviewers sound like they are reading a script.
You guys are acting like their experiences of discrimination aren’t valid because the school is funded by North Korea. Like what fault is that of the children?
I "stayed curious" and googled chosen gakko. I found iut that even wikipedia knows that they are sponsored by North Korea. I seriously wonder why this never came up?
Thats only partially true. After Korean war both South&North koreans wanted to sponsor chosenseki schools. But back then Skorea was a very poor country so only Nkorea could help chosunseki schools. But now Skorea is no longer poor country and there are skorean groups sponsoring or helping those schools.
大韓民国が正式に認める学校はカンコクガッコウです。 Chousengakkouではありません。 カンコクガッコウは日本政府からの援助があり、日本の公式な学校と同じように資金援助があります。 韓国の歴史、民族教育、韓国語が学べます。 ChousengakkouはChongryonの学校でカンコクガッコウはMindanの学校です。 The officially recognized school in the Republic of Korea is Kangokugakkou. Not Chousengakkou. Kankokugakkou is funded by the Japanese government and funded in the same way as Japanese official schools. You can learn Korean history, ethnic education and Korean. Chousengakkou is a school in Chongryon and Kangkakkou is a school in Mindan.
@@한예슬-x3b i dont know why u say its partially true. It is true that this school is under influence of NK education system. As u mentioned there are different South Korean schools based on South Korean education system in Japan. They are totally different schools. There is no Korean school but north korean schools and South Korean schools.
while there is apparent racism against chinese indonesian in Indonesia, it goes both way, many chinese indonesians have exclusivism (which is understandable since it was way worse back in Soekarno's regime, even worse than African Americans in 1930's USA). nowadays chinese indonesian people are treated way, way better than African Americans in USA. people might argue that they are being discriminated when it comes to governmental position, but personally I think it's more of a religion problem rather than ethnicity problem. also, chinese-indonesians are full indonesian citizens, while chosen-seki aren't even Japanese Citizen.
@@Qubicle. who said so...remember the badminton player that give indonesia gold medal at thomas cup...he doesn't have indonesian IDcard and the problem reach for indonesian president at that time megawati sukarnoputri...
They'd probably get in trouble if they didn't.NK takes presidents seriously. If one dies, you have to mourn even if you aren't sad. You better act sad or else you're either getting murdered or life in prison
@@crazyformyseIf And somehow you can definitively say that stuff like that happens in the DPRK, while at the same time, your kind of people accuse it of being "closed off"?
@@crazyformyseIf I think they're accusing you of being an uncultured American or something the sort, however I don't know where you're from but I think you're right
Ah Asian Boss, wanna make videos about minorities in Japan such as Ainus & Ryukyuans? Like the struggle of Ainu people who still tried to revive their language after being oppresed by Imperial Japanese Government
The problem is that Japan recognizes someone as japanese if and ONLY IF they are fully ethnically japanese. It's not like in anglophone immigration countries where you can have a hyphenated identity. This means that as soon as someone reveals they are not fully ethnically japanese, he/she will immediately be labeled as a foreigner, regardless of whether he was born and raised in japan or not. So in a sense, minorities in japan are not allowed to appreciate or even learn about their ethnic culture without having to FULLY giving up forever the possibility of living as a normal japanese person, which is very sad.
right, i see that esp when you dont physically appear as japanese. but i can see if you 'look' japanese, that you're questioned why you don't identify as japanese and conform (go to a usual japanese school). i think ethnicity and race play such a huge role here. remember the response to hafu miss japan vs to the teacher in this documentary? totally differenct bc of the history of japan and korea, and becuase of race
well, too bad, Japan is a one-race country. Japan has never been open as an immigrant country. But there are many former Koreans or 'zainichi' who have adopted themselves, naturalized and living successfully. But your description of minorities getting sabotaged from learning their culture is WRONG. They're welcome to tech their kids their culture on their own, not with tax money.
@Lala Fontaine You don't understand the most important distinction between Japan (and many other countries) and the US regarding racism and discrimination. Of course bigotry and intolerance exists throughout the world in every culture, exhibited by individuals. In Japan, however, racial discrimination is part of that nation's official laws. Malaysia too (bumi putra), Korea itself has laws which treat males and females differently. I could go on and on. The point I'm making is that we need to understand when a country has LAWS which are discriminatory before we cast criticism. I have many Japanese friends, some who are considered 100% Japanese as well as others who are descended from Koreans who were forced into Japan and by the Japanese own laws, are classified as not being real Japanese, even though they are technically citizens of Japan. in striking contrast to that official and xenophobic behavior of the Japanese government, The US government embraces humans from all cultures and tries its best to allow many immigrants to become real Americans. Again, this is not true in Japan. I have experienced racism in Japan, so i know first hand. We are all imperfect, and i know that Japan's pros far outweigh the cons. I'm an American, but i love Japan!
I am a little confused. How is it that she doesn't consider herself neither North or South Korean but works at a school sponsored by North Korea and teaches North Korea ideology?
@@Melcor2304 North Korea is dependent on China, and was historically dependent on Russia, but it is not a puppet. The Kim regime has brutally purged anyone in the leadership who was deemed too pro-Russia or pro-China (a recent example was Jang Song-thaek, for his pro-Chinese leanings).
Met a few Korean-Americans who neither considered themselves as Korean or American. I believe the Korean diapsora created a generation of ethnic Koreans that have fully established their unique, niche identity across the globe. The point is that these people don't want or see the need to choose. They can easily relate to the macro-society around them (i.e., America or Japan) but feel most comfortable within their micro-community.
Honestly this isn't too different than how a lot of Americans are raised. Their parents or grandparents immigrated from other countries so they try to pass on the language and culture to their descendants even though they weren't foreign born.
For one, not everything is about the US, Americans, or how things are similar to or different from American life. And secondly, the phenomenon in this video is very different from how Americans are raised. "American" is a nationality, not an ethnicity. "Japanese" is confusingly both.
except in US the kids are American citizen (assuming they were born in US soil), but these kids are chosen-seki (a nationality for koreans in Japan, see wikipedia), not Japanese citizen.
That is really only the case in the last couple of decades. When my ancestors came over from Europe (Germany, France, Italy, Poland) they were discrimated against for not speaking the language. Ive heard from multiple branches of the family that many of my great, great grandparents generation forbade their children from teaching the next generation anything but Engligh. "You are in America now so you need to speak English". So much of the food and traditions that many of the later generations of immigrants are amalamations made up and are not found in the original countries of origin. For example: Corned Beef and Cabbage is seen as a traditional Irish-American dish but if you go over to Ireland they've never heard of it.
In America, second generation born immigrant children are automatically American citizen. most of them identify themselves as American and speaks English very well. very rare do you find them hate the country they were born but will identify themselves according to their ethnic group. its different than whats happening here in this video.
I think that school is related to North Korea. 조총련 in Korean. Because they use North Korean term and ideology such as "주체조선", "조선사람" and they sing a North Korean songs. Many that kind of schools and people in Japan are related to North Korea(조총련).
It's literally in the name, Chosen is what the North calls itself as that was the name of the country before the Japanese annexation (think josean dynasty) The South is called Hangul which translates to country of the Hans
@@xdasdaasdasd4787 They do pick one side. They have been funded by the North Korea government for a long time and these people "chosen-seki" are pro-north Korean. Try to watch Vox video about the story behind it.
xdasda asdasd that doesn’t address anything. They claim to be impartial in this video but are funded by the North Korean government and choose a name and teach ideology that reflect that. They don’t teach neutrality. They teach Juche as part of a pan-Korean identity, the official doctrine of the DPRK.
@@korean6706 but that's normal. With each generation the fluency of the language changes. But the fun part is some words or traditions are kept in the foreign born people but stopped in the home country. Like the imperial system in the US, while UK abandoned it a long time ago.
@@korean6706 I don't find anything sad about that. They are speaking fluent korean, just with an accent. That's the same as being sad for every gyopo who speaks korean because they have an accent. It isn't a bad thing to live in a different country from your motherland.
What's worrisome is that those who are North Korean in Japan and practicing the old ways may be the holders of their traditional culture which may be disappearing under the harsh authoritarian NK regime back in the motherland. It's hard keep up the artistic and rich aspects of a culture when you're starving and afraid and being re-educated/brainwashed.
6:26 'Always study hard and prepare for the future of North Korea' What a disappointing video. They do not identify themselves as either south or north koreans? Probably they feel big gab between reality and ideal that they learned in that school. There are portraits of supreme leader of north korea in every classroom. I like your channel, but this time you guys are totally fooled.
It's not a good journalistic choice to uncritically conflate the self-description of the school with what it actually is. The school may self-explain as a place for people who don't want to chose between North and South Korea, but the reality is that such schools are inofficially for those close to the north. Also, the word "choson" itself means the old undivided Korea, but nowadays is used as a short for "North korea" as well, making the word ambiguous. There is no need for Asian Boss to be partial or condemning of any of this, but facts must be stated clearly for the audience. It would be easier to understand why this school is controversial in the first place.
my grandparents were in the middle of this, so my maternal grandfather was raised and worked in Japan most of his life then moved back to Korea and he basically only spoke Japanese to us and because he was so interned to be Japanese, he listened to only Japanese tv news and news papers. and really rarely spoke to Korean to us Grand kids,... Grandma even speaks a little Japanese but you can tell where she labels things in Japanese because they forced her to use Japanese language instead of Korean as a means to control... so. yeah. this hits hard. thank you.
I read this awhile ago, these Korean would identify themselves closely with North Korea and received funding from North Korea in the early years and portrayed the nation’s founder, Kim Il-sung, as a heroic fighter against Japan. These school are sponsored by North Korea and Chongryon. Since 1957, North Korea has spent about $452 million to help finance Korean schools in Japan (according to Oh Gyu-sang, of the Zainichi Korean History Research Institute in Tokyo). These school continued to support North Korea up until today. On the opposite side, there's also Kankoku gakko sponsored by South Korea which I think is completely different. As of 2013, there were 73 North Korean grade schools and ten North Korean high schools in Japan. Furthermore in 2014, there were about 150,000 pro-North Korea Zainichi Koreans in Japan, and they form the clientele of the North Korean schools.
@@angrysasuke3875 Thank you for the information (I already was aware of what you said). However, this does not seem to be a Chongryon school. Those schools do really indoctrinate their students and even have Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il portraits.
This is a Chosen-seki school which means its likely not affiliated with either North or South Korea. There are 3 different types of ethnic Korean schools in Japan, the ones by Chongryon are affiliated to North Korea, the ones by Mindan are affiliated to South Korea and the Chosen-seki schools are affiliated to neither (here Chosen 朝鲜 refers to the old country name of the whole of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty when it was annexed by Japan, not Chosen 朝鲜 as in the name of the country still used by North Korea; similarly the Chaoxianzu in China also refer to themselves as Chaoxian which is a holdover from that era.)
doesn't everyone get a censored version of history though? I don't really remember learning much about Kennedy's fuckups in the bay of pigs and im pretty sure kids in the US today aren't learning much about how the US funded terrorist groups in the middle east in the 80s which eventually became al qaeda. If these kids were given the Japanese curriculum, they would not learn about nanking, Korean comfort women or other things that the Japanese government has censored dealing with some of the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers during WW2. Not saying the North Korean approved version of history is the "correct" version (probably isn't) but just illustrating that every kid learns the version of history approved by someone with the intent to promote their cause.
The Way of Ramen comparing japanese and american history books with north korean is v different..... north korean histor books literally worship kim il-sun and kim jong un
Interesting. I wasn’t even aware of this group until this video. It reminds me of my situation. As a Korean-American, I speak, think, and feel like any other American. However, when I look in the mirror or people ask me “Where I’m from?”, I’m reminded of my Asian identity. Though my ethnicity is Korean, my nationality is American. I don’t feel I have to choose.
It's much easier in America to feel American than in Japan to feel Japanese. People may look at you like you are different in SOME aces, but you are a citizen. In Japan, they cannot see the difference unless they are told, or their name is different or they see their ID.... But they are never fully Japanese.
@@sapphirexwind I wonder about that. I'm an American and racism is still alive in here. Especially how the black communities are treated even today, you'll be surprised.
Lotus Song I am really strongly against the idea that people asking you where you are from is a bad thing. What makes American interesting is the culture everyone is from. I am white and still get asked this plenty( although probably less than you.)I love asking people this so I can learning something about that culture from them. No one other than natives are “American” so coming from somewhere else does not mean you have to choose since literally everyone comes from somewhere.
They didn't get to choose, though. They're the remnants of people that were forcibly removed from their country. How awful is it, to be regarded as trash by a country that won't recognize you as a citizen but was involved in taking them from their homes.
Niel Marshal They did. This is the elementary school attached to the upper school Vox interviewed. Chosen schools ally with North Korea while Kankoku schools ally with South Korea. This is a very misleading video.
Wow, I am ethnic Korean living overseas. I have so much respect for the people appearing in this video, especially the principal Mr. Kim and Ms.Ryu and Ms. Hiroko. Thank you Mr. Kim for teaching them the history accurately. I try really hard to teach my three boys(who were born overseas) to remember who they are, and where they come from. I think it's important for them to be proud of their heritage. On the other hand, it makes my heart ache when I think about the division between the two Koreas, and the consequences we are still suffering even now. I really hope to see my country united as one, and recover peaceful diplomatic with surrounding countries. I am 100% sure that the students from this Chosun School will be the leaders when that era comes. It will come very soon. Thank you Asian Boss.
Thank you to the Japanese and Korean commenters who enlightened me as to the reality of the situation with these schools and their ties to North Korea, etc. This video is quite deceptive indeed. I had a feeling it was strange and decided to auto-translate the non-English comments and am glad I did!
Ok so I feel like the Japanese team isn't communicating well with the Korean team .... They didn't explain the difference between this school and Zainichi schools... And that is WHY there are threats to those schools,not because they are Korean...as they refuse identity as South Korean...
Quite a deceptive video. Thank you to the commenters for enlightening everybody. It is a shame as I considered Asianboss a reputable source of information.
I think I have been outside this school when I last visited Osaka. It's a North Korean related school. I wonder what they teach inside, hopefully not Juche-ism.
@@boy15island8 Cant believe Japanese Gov allows such brain washing schools existed on Japanese soil. I m fine with the Korean language curriculum but not fine with the Kim Dynasty ideology. I doubt not even one student will ever step foot on DPRK ever in their lifetime.
I think this video left out lots of information and sort of... poorly made. These schools were funded by North Korea(This is largely because after the Korean War, North Korea had to ability to fund these schools and pay attention to them) and they teach North Korean ideologies. They also have portraits of the North Korean leaders. So it is less of a I want to keep my Chosun (Pre-Korean war) identity but more of I want to keep my North Korean Ideology roots. You can see this in the video as well, if you look at the colorful posters shown at 6:26, it mentions North Korean "collectivism ideology" and the "Juche Ideology". The text books they use is also pro-North Korea. Lastly, a lot of Zanichi people have actually gone back to North Korea, and they also donate/give funds to North Korea. I think it would've been better if you guys gave more of a background information, rather than just interviewing them.
Actually, a lot of information is in there in Japanese, but in English it is mistranslated (probably deliberately, because it happens so often on this video). For one, the female teacher clearly states that most of the kids are 朝鮮籍 (North Korean citizens), but the English translation makes it sound like they are stateless people.
From th 1970s to 80s, a lot of Japanese were abducted by N.Korea. Even a 13 years old girl was abducted on her way home from school and taken by boat to N. Korea. Still now this abduction issue has not yet been resolved. We know that chosen schools are under the control of the N. Korean goverment. It is true that we Japanese people have negative feelings about chosen school. However, just as N. Koreans people in Japan love and respect their home country, we want to protect our family and country.
As an American, this is such a foreign concept for me to understand. But it's definitely interesting, and it's a good thing that there are people out there that are willing to put in so much work to preserve their roots.
As a Latino this reminds me a few people of Venezuela. They don't like and blame the United States for all bad things going on back in their home country. Yet they live here in the States and won't dare to go back to Venezuela cuz deep inside they know is a failed state and they'll go just to starve. It's ironic that this school is sponsored by North Korea yet they all live in freedom. Yeah culture is important and all but they should teach also how people ACTUALLY live in North Korea. I would love an interview with North Korean refugees about this school, to see if after all they suffered, they still be supporting for a school like this.
The interviewer doesn't seem to distinguish North Korea-affiliated Koreans from South Korea-affiliated Koreans in Japan. The school shown in the video is run by North Korea-affiliated Koreans. The young kids who attend this school and even their parents may not think about it so much, but these Korean schools in Japan were established by Koreans loyal to the North Korean regime, and their university, "Korea University" in Japan, even received subsidies from Kim Il Sung, the first supreme leader of North Korea, in the past. Yes, it's great that they teach Korean language and culture to children of Korean ancestry living in Japan, but let's not forget that they also teach North Korea-approved curriculum especially to older students and even take them to North Korea for excursions and internships. As you know, North Korea is extremely hostile to Japan and to the West.
Hey, this video lacks essential premise.This school is controversial in Japan because this school is supported by North Korea. Why didn’t this video point it out??? Because of that, this video can be misleading. BE CAREFUL.
Wait, I have a question. There are some international schools or Korean School(which is apart from Chosun schools) in Japan. Why they choose the school sponsored by North Korea intentionally?
Korea and Japan are culturally and linguistically very different but yet so very similar and I wish more people in both nations would embrace their similarities more because they really are very fascinating.
actually, this is not true. of the north east asians, they are the most culturally and linguistically similar. identical grammar and quite a few cognates. the culture of bowing and deference and keeping a public face are also quite similar. i sum it up this way. koreans are fake 50% of the time, japanese are fake 100% of the time. My hypothesis is that Koreans and the Yayoi Japanese are decended from the same stock of nomads from the step that settled in the peninsula of korea thousands of years ago. koreans stayed, the current japanese left. When they left, the took with them the language of the people which melded with the jomon language to create a language that is phonetically more similar to malay or even islander, but grammatically identical to modern korean (which actually was not the language back then, there was more than one language spoken on the peninusula (shilla, baekje, koguryeo)), i'm sure the grammar was very similar between the three in the same way spanish and italian have very close grammar.
Don't be fooled. In Japan, schools that do not meet the regulations set by the Ministry of Education are not recognized as educational institutions. This is the same even if all the students are Japanese. There are liars who hide this fact and claim to be discriminated against.
강동구 Yeah... I am too I fell bad or these kids I mean CHOSEN is both South and north in Japanese So if it says Chosen and not KITA (north) Chosen then it doesn’t have the right to tach kids who may or may not be South Korean To clear it up Chosen= South+North Korea (Before it split) Kita Chosen= North Or the official name (朝鮮民主主義人民共和国) Kankoku= South Korea Or the official name (大韓民国) Tbh North Korea has nothing to with it’s official name.... Like how can it be democratic and republic? South Korea makes more sense to me
Also I wrote a whole comment with explanation in it so please read it carefully Korea used to be one country And it’s respectful called Chosen 朝鮮 After the split North Korea is called “kita- chosen 北朝鮮 And south Korea is called kankoku 韓国 And the real name for both countries (Official name) North Korea :朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 ( chosen minshushigi jinminkyowakoku) And South Korea is : 大韓民国 (Daikanminkoku) So you could see where “kankoku” came from It’s a shorter way to call countries For example : China is Chugoku 中国 But the official name is 中華人民共和国 Chukajinminkyowakoku Now I hope that clears up And please don’t comment anything before you do your research I would gladly send you a pic of my book if you want but private info is important
Being a foreign ethnicity in another country is hard regardless of the ethnicity or country. The amount of racism and discrimination fluctuates with time.
Ya'll, it's simple. Ethnicity/race involves your ANCESTRY. Nationalities is CULTURAL. Every ethnicity or group of people (who has been a group for a long enough time) have adapted to such surrounding/culture/ideas to become unique both in culture AND biology. Difference is small when it comes to neighboring countries (sometimes, with those that mixed a lot, it's not even there) but it still exists for plenty. She is ethnically Korean, and her ancestry did not go through thousands of years adapting to the Japanese terrain. However, her nationality would be considered both korean and japanese.
That's technically not how nationality works in Japan. Once you turn 20, if you had dual citizenship as a child in Japan, you must pick one nationality to identify as due to the fact that Japan does not allow dual citizenship.
@@burai97 Yes Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship but government doesn't really say you have to give it up. My mother is German and naturalised Japanese citizen, She also has her German citizenship.
@@burai97 Nationality can be multiple and plentiful, depending on one's circumstance. For citizenship, that's something else. It's their policy for you to just choose one. My friend is an American citizen, but their nationalities are korean, mexican, and american. Ethnic-wise, they're just korean. (Nationalities doesn't always mean you're a citizen there. It can include your actual ethnicity, the place you were born, or the place you were largely raised in. So long as you have a strong connection/affiliation to that nation.)
You say "difference is small". But official diplomats visited from Korea to Japan is only 15 times in Edo period (over 200 years), and a few times about war nearly 700 years exclude Edo period. Japan to Korea, none or may be a few. I think you might think what is "neighboring countries".
@@vyamam Did you get what I was saying? Difference is small in biology I said. Like, how much different do you think the genes of Swedish people are from those of Finland? There's a larger difference between Europeans and Asians in general. But with neighboring countries, not as much. Maybe Japan is a bit more different because they colonized and mixed in with the native people of Ainu; now they're nearly just one. Plus, isolation due to being on separated islands. Either way, everybody is still the same human.
Koreans are super proud of themselves as who they are in everywhere regardless of their birthplace because they all carry the sense of superiority in ethnicity. It is somewhat dangerous but driving force to make them prosperous in everywhere they live. They are so successful in every aspect today.
Just korean ethnic ,there is alot of fleed the war in 1952 in russia and neighbours countries so maybe they choose to be ethnic group rather than in division
NO ASIAN BOSS!!! THEY ARE OF COURSE TAKING SIDE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT TAKING SIDE BUT THEY PUT THE IMAGE OF NORTH KOREAN LEADERS IN THE CLASS!!!
LOL. In the introduction, the narrator says that the Zainichi Koreans were either forcibly mobilized (強制連行), just needed to find a way to live, or various other reasons. That is lacking in the English subtitles, which will make people think that most or all of those people were forcibly mobilized. Descendants of the forcibly mobilized are a very small part of the current Zainichi Korean population.
To Clarify Japanese Vocabulary: Korean Speakers Scroll Down!!! 北朝鮮 (Kita-cho-sen) lit. North Korea = North Korea and is the official country name for “North Korea” 朝鮮 (cho-sen) lit. ‘Korea’ = It is the word KOREA and is short for 朝鮮半島 (Korean Peninsula). So it is referring to the area, NOT the country, in contrast to how in english sometimes South Korea is shortened to just “Korea”. HOWEVER sometimes, or maybe even often times, people will shorten 北朝鮮 to 朝鮮 which can cause confusion. So in another words 朝鮮 can either mean North Korea, or the Korean Peninsula as a general area depending on context. In this video’s case, when the interviewed says “I am 朝鮮人 (I am KOREAN)”, they are referring to the Korean Peninsula, and NOT the country “North Korea”. They are saying they are ethnically of Korean origin from the peninsula BEFORE the Korean war. 韓国 (kan-koku) lit. South Korea = South Korea and the official country name as well as the most common way to refer to South Korea. As you can see it is not called ‘South’ Korea in Japanese, or else it would be 南朝鮮. Therefore, there is never confusion with SK, as 韓国 will ALWAYS mean South Korea. To Summarize, 韓国人 (kan-koku-jin) will ALWAYS mean a South Korean person. However, 朝鮮人 (cho-sen-jin) can either mean a North Korean person, OR a person of KOREAN decent meaning they are from the korean peninsula. Lengthy Explanation I know… I couldn’t leave any thing out of it though as I don’t want to stir up any political debates. Reference for Korean Speakers: I have used the word in both 한국말 & 조선말 when appropriate. 韓国 = 한국 (한국어), 남조선 (조선어) 北朝鮮 = 북한 (한국어), 북조선 (조선어) 朝鮮半島 = 한반도 (한국어), 조선반도 (조선어) 朝鮮 = is either short for 朝鮮半島 (한반도/조선반도) OR 北朝鮮 (북한/북조선). Therefore there can be confusion when anyone says the words 朝鮮 or 朝鮮人 (북한인/북조선인), as you would have to guess if they’re talking about the Korean Peninsular or North Korea. 終わり！！(やっと終わったw) 끝!!! (피곤해ㅋㅋㅋ) THE END (FINALLY)
Many Koreans left the school after the abduction by North Korea became apparent. Children who continue to attend school (at least their parents) are ardent supporters of North Korea.
I really don't understand why these people's parents want to pass their identity confusion to their kids. I mean, you can consider yourself a proud Korean descendant and a proud Japanese at the same time right? Why do they have to force themselves to give up their Japanese identity given that they were borned an raised in Japan.
@@liyangauThe North wants Unification under their rule. It's a lie...they say they don't talk about the split....but the "Juche" ideals are on the board in the video in Korean.
When I watched the video, I started to wonder why these schools where so controversial and why the Japanese media and government disliked them as much. I mean, I didn't really see anything bad from the video. But then I read the comments and was like oh. North Korea. That's why ppl aren't really liking these schools. I mean I really wish that these kids don't face discrimination because of it, but this is something bad that does explain why people don't like them and it definitely should have been mentioned. We can't have a good perpective if we don't have all the important facts. Thank you everyone in the comments for explaining this😁
Nope, that's not it. Remember, Japan sided with You-Know-Who in WWII and have a deep history of racism and colonization in their country prior to this war. As a country they never have tried to overcome this. Thus, a deep racist sentiment still lives on in their culture. Since Japan is a culture that likes to save face, they're willing to unfairly smear Chosun schools to look like they're supporters of a dictator and thus justify their mistreatment. Don't fall for it. And you should do your own research (on legitimate websites not TH-cam comments) on this subject. Don't just immediately believe things like this. That's how propaganda spreads and innocent people get mistreated. I have a friend that's biracial (her Father is African and her Mother Japanese). She grew up in Japan until the age of 10 or 11 before her family came to America. She was treated horribly because of the color of her skin. And will forever be seen as a foreigner by her own people despite having been born and raised partially in Japan and having Japanese ancestry.
As they are living in Japan, I think it is wiser for them to be absorbed into Japanese society. It's great to have a Korean identity, but it should only be used to lubricate exchanges and friendships between the two countries. While they're living in Japan but they only emphasize Korean identity, it's hard to get a good reputation from the society.
Yukuza and zainichi (ethnic koreans living in Japan) have long ties for nearly 100 years because both were discriminated heavily in Japanese society so naturally they banded together. Like 30% of Yakuza members today have korean blood even though koreans represent less than a percent of the japanese population.
This is propaganda disguised as a perfect victim. There are two types of schools in Japan: Korean schools and North Korean schools, and the Korean schools are approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education and provide education, so there is no problem. North Korean schools are not approved by Japan's Ministry of Education, and they provide education that worships Kim Jong-un, so they are not recognized as schools in Japan. The school was established by Chosenren (communist), an organization that carried out terrorism in post-war Japan and was designated as a terrorist by GHQ and the Japanese police. He was a quasi-terrorist who exported pachinko to Japan and remitted the money he earned from pachinko to North Korea. The reason why communists were smuggled into Japan from the Korean Peninsula was because the South Korean and American forces carried out massacres in Jeolla Province and Jeju Island, so the South Korean government has an obligation to take them back.
I always liked Asian Boss videos, but here we have a manipulation of the viewers' emotions. I feel being cheated. Without the explaining of context viewers assume that the school is discriminated by Japanese media and people based on being Korean. But hold on, the problem is North Korea and its influence. I know, that a lot of people live in the land of pink pony and unicorns, but in the real world North Korea is actual threat for both Japan and South Korea. I am not saying, that children should suffer, it is obviously not their fault. It is the fault of their parents and Chongryen.
Please consider separately the Korean Japanese who came to Japan as laborers before 1945 and the Korean communists who came to Japan after WW2. The people who created Chosenren were communists who smuggled into Japan after the war, and most of them were from Cholla Province and Jeju Island on the Korean Peninsula, who were massacred by South Korean and American troops and fled to Osaka, Japan. Ta. In fact, they are communists who worship Kim Il Sung, who lived in southern South Korea, not those who lived in North Korea. They often carried out terrorist activities in post-war Japan, which were thwarted by Japanese riot police and American GHQ. Chosun Gakko was created by the Chosun Federation. Chongryon is designated as a quasi-terrorist group in Japan. This Korean school is not a school in Japan as it is not approved by the Ministry of Education. Originally, the South Korean government should have taken over the people who were smuggled into Japan, and Japan also supported them to return home through a repatriation project, but they remain in Japan because Japan earns foreign currency and sends money to North Korea. do not. They are also involved in the abduction issue of Japanese people, so it is natural that they are hated.
I agree with the below comment about Hiroko. She has a gentle approachable demeaner that puts her guests at ease. She is also very compassionate. Schools like these are so important. Thank you Asian Boss for this incredible content.
The kids not learning about the Korean War until high school is such an awful thing. The school seems like it's trying to live in the past and not burst the bubble that the Korean peninsula is now divided. I don't know what kind of agenda this school has, but I'm guessing it supports North Korea (I read it in another comment so I can't be 100% sure). It's just so sad how these kids won't get to learn their country's past and history from a young age due to possible ulterior motives
Dimitra Papadopoulou I don’t disagree, but because young kids are impressionable and have yet to develop their critical thinking, wouldn’t it be better to delay such information? Furthermore, don’t we delay certain types of information until individuals are mature enough to handle it? To reiterate, I don’t disagree with your statement entirely. I just personally think (and could be incorrect in saying) that their education isn’t necessarily attributed to ulterior motives. As for this potential agenda, I found that Chosen schools were financially supported by North Korea up until 2014. Economic sanctions on the country have affected their respective capacity to support these schools. I think it’s conceivable to link North Korea to this way of teaching, however, I can’t independently verify sources that speak on this matter.
Absolutely Nothing against these kids and teachers being discriminated . But I realize there is really a Korean bias. Promoting the idea OF Korean unification with accusing Japan left and right by omitting the the north korean school problem which Japan is struggling with. (detail : Asian boss use the same letter types as Korea now)
8:58 Kim Chol rings a bell...a certain Kim Chol who got purged in 2012, as well as Kim Jong-un's half-brother, who used Kim Chol as an alias, also murdered by the Kim regime.
Hey Asian Boss! First of all, I'm a big fan of your work. I'm currently writing my Bachelor thesis about this topic (primarily the history of it, but also how it looks today) and I would love to see more of Koreans in Japan. I think it's a critical topic for foreigners, but also for japanese people. Greetings from Austria 🗻🎻🎼
I enjoy the videos you guys produce, I think you guys should cover next Asian’s born and raised in the Caribbean especially Chinese- Jamaicans and Korean-Cubans. Cheers!!
6:05: The TV shows a blackboard, but no portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il! Doesn't this Korean school have pictures of the great leaders in their classrooms? Or was it hidden for filming? Chairman Kim Jong-un issued instructions in more than 10,000 characters at The 25th general meeting of the Korean General Association in Japan at the end of May. Among them, it was instructed that earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons occur frequently in Japan, and that countermeasures must be taken. During the 1995 earthquake, three mortar shells were found in Nagata Ward, Kobe City, where many Koreans live, and were disposed of by the Self-Defense Forces. A female commentator claimed that the incident was a terrorist preparation operation by North Korea's Sleeper Cell.
I believe this video goes against channel's vision. The main goal, to make viewers "think critically and challenge various cultural and social issues", was abandoned for the sole purpose of getting a simple emotional narrative. Situation of these schools just is not as simple as portrayed. Some viewers might see this as deliberately misleading.
I think this video was great because it didn't demonize them. They were allowed to speak for themselves. We don't need to be reminded for the 1 millionth time how evil DPRK is. It is rare to see a humanistic take like this.
Radim Baštan I think it’s still possible to think critically about the situation as such an action calls us to consider information other than what they give us. I think this video shines a light on a perspective we hadn’t considered before. A simple search will show that Chosen schools were financially supported by NK and adopt their respective ideologies. I think it’s valuable to get the point of view presented by the video as though it is individual and thus limited, it helps us see the bigger picture. It’s my opinion (feel free to disagree) that they can’t be misleading purposefully if the intentions they impart require us to see more than what’s shown.
Loved this and can relate to it as well. The good thing is that not only are the children learning about their own culture and history, they are also bilingual in both Korean and Japanese. I think that is awesome. They have two places that they can call home, Korea and Japan. Thank you Asian Boss, I love stories like these. It’s so fascinating and educational. Please do more!
@grey momo I'm pretty sure it has to do with an identity thing. I mean I can relate because I'm Japanese American, but originally born in Japan, so I don't consider America my "true home" so to speak. It's understandable from my point of view. But as the young man said, whether we are Korean or Japanese, or anything else under the sun, we're still all human.
@grey momo This is true. But unfortunately, it's just how we were raised in America. We were raised to call ourselves by our ancestry first, and then American. But we're proud to be Asian. I'd be more proud of being American though, if our government wasn't so corrupt.
@grey momo Well, I mean, America isn't the only place that has racism and discrimination. Pretty much everywhere in the world has some shape or form of it. Also, Americans of British ancestry don't call themselves British because British isn't really an ethnicity. It's like American. American isn't an ethnicity, it's a nationality.
@grey momo Late response, but this is probably because Europeans aka. Caucasians are the majority of the population here in America. Whereas, Africans and Asians are minorities. So we’re always having to explain that we’re Asian Americans or African Americans to others. This may go back to the history that America has with other countries and how minorities here are often victims of racism and what not.
I first saw the interviewee crying...As a Japanese who study Korean language and Korean culture who love Korean, I always become sad when I see hate comments and negative comments. Media have to be neutral, but any media has bias, and so as Japanese media especially TV shows. When the principle talks about how TV skewed and reported negatively about their school and also how children reacted to it after that, I felt really sad and at the same time, I really really appreciate what Asian Boss has done in this video. TV is a broadcasting, so it is trustworthy, but of course it is more for "government", so it could be skewed especially about politics and diplomacy. We have freedom to say whatever we want, so this video is really precious. I want everyone to understand how hate comments and skewed media can harm people without our notice. I never want to see any comments in here or any other videos. We should respect each other and that is why these channels exist to understand differences and know more about each other. I love Asian Boss xoxo
Helsic en China Ethnic Koreans have settled in Japan ever since Korea became part of the Japanese Empire. There are even Koreatowns in Japan's big cities, such as Shin-Okubo in Tokyo and Tsuruhashi in Osaka.
People who came to Japan during the war returned home immediately after the war. Now, Koreans and North Koreans in Japan are people who have smuggled into Japan during the period of economic growth.
キンギョメダカ Not all Koreans who settled in Japan before WW2 returned immediately after WW2. There are still ethnic Koreans whose ancestors have remained in Japan even after WW2, such as businessman Masayoshi Son, actress Akiko Wada and wrestler Rikidozan. The reason ethnic Koreans in Japan support the Kim family, even though their ancestors migrated to Japan before WW2, is because ethnic Koreans have always been left-leaning and they see the Kim family as an ideal left-wing strongman.
I do not say that all Koreans have gone home. There are many pro-Japanese Koreans who came to Japan during World War II and remained after the war, and the Japanese support them who are active in various situations. After the war, 400,000 immigrant people earned in Japan and paid a large amount of money, precious metals and home appliances to North Korea. These items are distributed to the aides and bureaucrats in the name of the generals and are responsible for maintaining the North Korean system. In Japan, most North Korean banks and gambling (pachinko) managers are North Korean citizens. There are also North Korean supermarkets and drug manufacturers. The money collected by these banks and companies goes to North Korea through the Japan-Korean Federation. In fact, there are many North Korean companies in my house. It is sold by door-to-door sales, but I can't decline because it's a very nice person. There is no dissatisfaction with North Koreans living in Japan. I want you to change the organization to which the person belongs. The Korean school is a subordinate organization of the Federation of Koreans in Japan and believes in Juche. A picture of a North Korean leader is on display in the classroom, and loyal to him. Why go to a school that supports dictatorship? There are Indian schools, American schools, Chinese schools, etc. in Japan. Those schools have no public support. We should make an ethnic school that does not provide North Korean thought education.
'Cause the south korean government are Lazy to import those people. No support to live in S.Korea and become S.Korean at all. The government abandoned them.
as a korean new zealander, its interesting to see videos about zainichi koreans bec i dont get to hear much about them. i hear alot about korean Australians or korean americans etc in media but not zainichi koreans(koreans who live in japan), joseonjok(koreans who live in china), and koryo saram (koreans who live in post soviet countries). i wish asian boss do more videos about them(esp joseonjok or koryo saram). i think its up to them to decide whether they want to be seen as korean or japanese. many korean new zealander here see themselves as new zealander same with how korean Americans see themselves as americans not korean. it depends on where they were born and when they came to country. if she speaks japanese, have japanese citizenship, born in japan, know alot about japanese culture etc then i would say that shes japanese. same with us too, here we all agree that our ethnicity is korean bec of the fact that we have korean ancestry and blood but our nationality is new zealander so most identity themselves as new zealanders not koreans. in the west, ethnicity and nationality r two diff words but i guess in east, its probably hard to distinguish them, they will think of ethnicity and nationality as same. in west, anyone can be American or new zealander etc if they have citizenship. so u don't have to be white to be americans or Australian etc but in some asian countries like china, korea, Japan. its hard to accept white person born in china as chinese. i guess its cultural differences. but tbh me as korean new zealander, i still think its okay for her to identify herself as japanese if shes comfortable with Japan. i know theres some overseas koreans who dont know anything about korea so i think its best to identify or call them based on their nationality rather than ethnicity
Please consider separately the Korean Japanese who came to Japan as laborers before 1945 and the Korean communists who came to Japan after WW2. The people who created Chosenren were communists who smuggled into Japan after the war, and most of them were from Cholla Province and Jeju Island on the Korean Peninsula, who were massacred by South Korean and American troops and fled to Osaka, Japan. Ta. In fact, they are communists who worship Kim Il Sung, who lived in southern South Korea, not those who lived in North Korea. They often carried out terrorist activities in post-war Japan, which were thwarted by Japanese riot police and American GHQ. Chosun Gakko was created by the Chosun Federation. Chongryon is designated as a quasi-terrorist group in Japan. This Korean school is not a school in Japan as it is not approved by the Ministry of Education. Originally, the South Korean government should have taken over the people who were smuggled into Japan, and Japan also supported them to return home through a repatriation project, but they remain in Japan because Japan earns foreign currency and sends money to North Korea. do not. They are also involved in the abduction issue of Japanese people, so it is natural that they are hated.
It is possible to keep their culture because it is Japan. The reporter of Korea boss forgot to say ( or don’t want to mention) that this kind of schools are subsidized by the Japanese government
Hey Asianboss, it’s cool if you guys cover Lao Da Han issue. It’s one of the worst sex and human violations by Korean soldiers in Vietnam and nobody in Korea don’t know or even don’t care although they offend Japanese sex slave issues.
I'm a Japanese who grew up in Japan but have been spending my adult years in the US. It's great two cultures from 2 countries (3?) live in unison. I have no problem against Zainichi north and south Koreans in Japan or Korean immigrates in the US. It's always nice to know the foreign cultures.
Dear Asian Boss, Thak you for covering such interesting and difficult subjects. I have to say that every video you make is a real pleasure to discover. Because I'm half Korean I really feel that I can understand more of my other country, and the situation in East Asia in general thanks to your videos and your talented hosts. Thank you very much.
Can we all just stop for a second to appreciate Hiroko's professionalism and how amazing she is as an interviewer. I think she approaches sensitive topics very diplomatically and help the interviewees feel relaxed. Well done HIroko and Asian Boss!
Watch her ninja interview when she dressed up as naruto lmao
BBBBBBBBBBBefw nice the Japanese ultra right wing nationalists are on this post
@BBBBBBBBBBBefw just make an interview yourself, and than, after u failed, u wont say anything like this
@@daeseongkim93 Ok socialist. Ok Woko Haram. I hope you like Dictatorship.
I agree, she is a great reporter, very respectful and open to listen and share what the other has to say and reflect.
Hey Asian Boss!! I think a really cool subject to cover here would be Russian Koreans living in Uzbekistan (and a lot of the surrounding countries). They're called Goryeo-in (Goryeo people), and they are Koreans who fled the war and have settled in Uzbekistan for so long that they have developed their own culture. They look very korean but don't speak any of the language. the food has also evolved into a korean/russian/uzbek food fusion and is so interesting!! I grew up in Uzbekistan and was always mistaken for a Goryeo-in. Their culture is absolutely fascinating, and I would love to see some Central Asian representation on such a big channel like this :-)
Central Asia in general has such an interesting history due to the silk road, it truly is the melting pot of dozens and dozens of cultures. the diversity in the way people look is incredible as well. some people look very european, some look middle eastern, some look VERY asian, some look mixed, there is no "foreign" appearances there. Such a painful history behind the country as well...
Yes, Koryo-saram would be a good topic for Asianboss to cover. But it seems there aren't any interviewers working for Asianboss in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan right now.
I doubt the people in Central Asian countries would even watch Asianboss videos due to language barrier cuz the language they speak besides their native tongues is Russian.
@@Patrick-oc1vq I grew up in Uzbekistan, if they actually wanted to go through with an idea like this i would probably want to reach out and offer some of my contacts over there! A lot of the new generation people living there speak english in addition to russian and their native languages due to social media. In my experiences, when I tell people "I grew up in Uzbek", most of them don't know where it is and only get a geographical grasp when i tell them it's neighbouring Afghanistan. Even if the Central Asian people weren't as interested in the video, it would be watched by a lot of asianboss' subscribers and highlight wonderful cultures they probably have never been educated about :-)
Yes please! Also Far Eastern Siberia (Sakha Republic etc.) would be nice.
Wow i didnt even know about this, sounds very interesting! If Asian Boss wont cover this topic, i will certainly find about it more myself, thanks for sharing!
"Regardless whether I am Korean or Japanese, we're all human."
We're all 100% human
Chongryon says it is committed to a peaceful reunification of the Korean peninsula under North Korean Juche, and it does not recognise the Republic of Korea (South Korea). It refers to South Korea as Minami Chosen (Namjosŏn, "Southern Joseon"), as opposed to the usual term used in Japanese to refer to it: Kankoku
looking at some of the rabid comments makes me feel even more sympathy for the students
they have to live with this sort of terror every day
@grey momo No worse than the propaganda from Japanese schools. Japanese is a useless language anyway.
grey momo this is nonsense, “forced to”?!
Dang, the teacher's pronunciation's clearer than my future
Good one lol
I read this awhile ago, these Korean would identify themselves closely with North Korea and received funding from North Korea in the early years and portrayed the nation’s founder, Kim Il-sung, as a heroic fighter against Japan. These school are sponsored by North Korea and Chongryon. Since 1957, North Korea has spent about $452 million to help finance Korean schools in Japan (according to Oh Gyu-sang, of the Zainichi Korean History Research Institute in Tokyo). These school continued to support North Korea up until today. On the opposite side, there's also Kankoku gakko sponsored by South Korea which I think is completely different. As of 2013, there were 73 North Korean grade schools and ten North Korean high schools in Japan. Furthermore in 2014, there were about 150,000 pro-North Korea Zainichi Koreans in Japan, and they form the clientele of the North Korean schools.
@@whoyou6274 North and south Korea didn't even exists when their ancestors came to Japan, these ppl are ethnic Korean, Not ethnic North/South Korean since that's just an illusion
As a Korean, I could not stop crying when I saw that Hiroko was also crying. I had no idea she would cry over a Korean person's story. People always think that this issue is a Japanese vs. Korean issue, but it is not. Discrimination and racism are humanitarian crises. There are so many Japanese people, like Hiroko, who will shed tears with us. She is such a deeply empathetic person.
tears mean nothing with action.
There are two types of schools in Japan: Korean schools and North Korean schools, and the Korean schools provide education with approval from the Japanese Ministry of Education, so this is not a problem.
North Korean schools are not approved by Japan's Ministry of Education, and they provide education that worships Kim Jong-un, so they are not recognized as schools in Japan.
The school was established by Chosenren (communist), an organization that carried out terrorism in post-war Japan and was designated as a terrorist by GHQ and the Japanese police. He was a quasi-terrorist who exported pachinko to Japan and remitted the money he earned from pachinko to North Korea.
There are two types of schools in Japan: Korean schools and North Korean schools, and the Korean schools provide education with approval from the Japanese Ministry of Education, so this is not a problem.
North Korean schools are not approved by Japan's Ministry of Education, and they provide education that worships Kim Jong-un, so they are not recognized as schools in Japan.
The school was established by Chosenren (communist), an organization that carried out terrorism in post-war Japan and was designated as a terrorist by GHQ and the Japanese police. He was a quasi-terrorist who exported pachinko to Japan and remitted the money he earned from pachinko to North Korea.
The reason why communists were smuggled into Japan from the Korean Peninsula was because the South Korean and American forces carried out massacres in Jeolla Province and Jeju Island, so the South Korean government has an obligation to take them back.
The boy appreciates going to school even though it takes him 1 hour one way every day. This is so heartwarming I just can't 😭
He probably doesn't have a choice since him going to school there means his relatives in North Korea get extra food rations.
Calm down, snowflake!
I dont think the information is accurate. There are TWO types of Korean schools in Japan. The school which asian boss introduces is based on North Korean education system(textbooks, contents, disciplines all)!!!! There is a different Korean school with South Korean education system.
We Japanese all know that.
@@boy15island8 Yes but people overseas (like me) did not know that, so this information is helpful!
@@OhKeiSyd so there are at least two types of schools for Koreans ?`I was wondering since they showed the school. Something looked different and old but as a German, how should I know ?
I'm European and I knew it too. After the war North Korea had more money and supported the koreans in Japan and they have stayed on their side since. But I'm sure that the japanese koreans are a bit more well informed than an actual north korean. They wish like all north koreans for a united korea and have a more romanticize view of korea, it's past and future but but I'm sure they are more nuanced even though they maintain the romanticized view of a united korea. I definetly believe the principal when he says they are not indoctrinating the children, but I'm sure these children will not be as anti North and anti unification as many younger south koreans are these days
+Jonghyun Kim
I didn't know that and that is very informative, thank you. The "chosen-seki" itself felt weird because I thought only DPRK currently uses Chosen (Joseon?) so I wondered about that and checked the comments.
I'm impressed with that male student..He's so composed and mature. At that age, I wouldn't be able to speak coherently on camera, especially with a stranger.
Hiroko is such a great person for these interviews. She always shows her guests a ton of respect that the English subtitles don't really convey. I know a lot of Japanese people feel negatively towards these schools because of their connection to North Korea, but Hiroko is still able to empathize with the feelings of the principal and the kids of the school and treat them as human beings and not just race or label. It is easy to make enemies and cast judgment on a group, its much harder to try to find commonalities and have compassion for people as individuals especially those who have different ideological views than you do.
agreed. a very important thing to have towards others as an interviewer and person.
true, i live about 20 minutes from one of these schools
It is the same as recognizing the right to educate children in the cult.
The children are not guilty,
but they have been educated to worship Kim Jong-un and support his military politics, according to a study by Japanese public security police.
If they just want ethnic education,
they could learn in the Korean education curriculum,
Why do they stick to the North Korean curriculum?
Please think.
I always feel like Hiroko is the only person who geniunely is interested in the person she is interviewing.
Most other asian boss interviewers sound like they are reading a script.
You guys are acting like their experiences of discrimination aren’t valid because the school is funded by North Korea. Like what fault is that of the children?
The kid that said "regardless whether I am Korean or Japanese, we're all human," is higher up in my books than most adults.
I "stayed curious" and googled chosen gakko. I found iut that even wikipedia knows that they are sponsored by North Korea. I seriously wonder why this never came up?
Thats only partially true. After Korean war both South&North koreans wanted to sponsor chosenseki schools. But back then Skorea was a very poor country so only Nkorea could help chosunseki schools. But now Skorea is no longer poor country and there are skorean groups sponsoring or helping those schools.
大韓民国が正式に認める学校はカンコクガッコウです。
Chousengakkouではありません。
カンコクガッコウは日本政府からの援助があり、日本の公式な学校と同じように資金援助があります。
韓国の歴史、民族教育、韓国語が学べます。
ChousengakkouはChongryonの学校でカンコクガッコウはMindanの学校です。
The officially recognized school in the Republic of Korea is Kangokugakkou.
Not Chousengakkou.
Kankokugakkou is funded by the Japanese government and funded in the same way as Japanese official schools.
You can learn Korean history, ethnic education and Korean.
Chousengakkou is a school in Chongryon and Kangkakkou is a school in Mindan.
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Back then S.korea was poor country and North Korea was a little bit better than S.Korea. So that's what happened.
@@한예슬-x3b i dont know why u say its partially true. It is true that this school is under influence of NK education system. As u mentioned there are different South Korean schools based on South Korean education system in Japan. They are totally different schools. There is no Korean school but north korean schools and South Korean schools.
Asian Boss since you covered Japanese but ethnically Korean can you please cover Chinese-Indonesians?
up
Up btw im chindo:)
while there is apparent racism against chinese indonesian in Indonesia, it goes both way, many chinese indonesians have exclusivism (which is understandable since it was way worse back in Soekarno's regime, even worse than African Americans in 1930's USA). nowadays chinese indonesian people are treated way, way better than African Americans in USA. people might argue that they are being discriminated when it comes to governmental position, but personally I think it's more of a religion problem rather than ethnicity problem. also, chinese-indonesians are full indonesian citizens, while chosen-seki aren't even Japanese Citizen.
@@Qubicle. who said so...remember the badminton player that give indonesia gold medal at thomas cup...he doesn't have indonesian IDcard and the problem reach for indonesian president at that time megawati sukarnoputri...
Imagine living as a child and being yelled 'cina cina' everyday
Actually, there are the portraits of Kim Jong-il and Kim Il-sung on classroom walls in chousengakko. Did you know that? I was so creeped out.
They'd probably get in trouble if they didn't.NK takes presidents seriously. If one dies, you have to mourn even if you aren't sad. You better act sad or else you're either getting murdered or life in prison
@@crazyformyseIf And somehow you can definitively say that stuff like that happens in the DPRK, while at the same time, your kind of people accuse it of being "closed off"?
@@hanbyeol12 my kind?
@@crazyformyseIf I think they're accusing you of being an uncultured American or something the sort, however I don't know where you're from but I think you're right
@@Strawberrysodastar oh thanks- idek what they meant by that comment anyways
Ah Asian Boss, wanna make videos about minorities in Japan such as Ainus & Ryukyuans? Like the struggle of Ainu people who still tried to revive their language after being oppresed by Imperial Japanese Government
Agreed ...I don't believe Asian boss ever covered the Ainu 🤔
Wow..good idea
This comment, take it up Asian Boss 🙌🙌
This would be very interesting
Shinzo Abe current prime minister of Japan is Ainu party mixed
The problem is that Japan recognizes someone as japanese if and ONLY IF they are fully ethnically japanese. It's not like in anglophone immigration countries where you can have a hyphenated identity. This means that as soon as someone reveals they are not fully ethnically japanese, he/she will immediately be labeled as a foreigner, regardless of whether he was born and raised in japan or not. So in a sense, minorities in japan are not allowed to appreciate or even learn about their ethnic culture without having to FULLY giving up forever the possibility of living as a normal japanese person, which is very sad.
That's the problem with mono-ethnic countries. They like to keep their own ethnic and culture.
right, i see that esp when you dont physically appear as japanese.
but i can see if you 'look' japanese, that you're questioned why you don't identify as japanese and conform (go to a usual japanese school).
i think ethnicity and race play such a huge role here. remember the response to hafu miss japan vs to the teacher in this documentary? totally differenct bc of the history of japan and korea, and becuase of race
well, too bad, Japan is a one-race country. Japan has never been open as an immigrant country. But there are many former Koreans or 'zainichi' who have adopted themselves, naturalized and living successfully. But your description of minorities getting sabotaged from learning their culture is WRONG. They're welcome to tech their kids their culture on their own, not with tax money.
Lala Fontaine what i wanted to say! i'm proud of being japanese, born and raised in Japan.
@Lala Fontaine
You don't understand the most important distinction between Japan (and many other countries) and the US regarding racism and discrimination.
Of course bigotry and intolerance exists throughout the world in every culture, exhibited by individuals.
In Japan, however, racial discrimination is part of that nation's official laws. Malaysia too (bumi putra), Korea itself has laws which treat males and females differently.
I could go on and on.
The point I'm making is that we need to understand when a country has LAWS which are discriminatory before we cast criticism.
I have many Japanese friends, some who are considered 100% Japanese as well as others who are descended from Koreans who were forced into Japan and by the Japanese own laws, are classified as not being real Japanese, even though they are technically citizens of Japan.
in striking contrast to that official and xenophobic behavior of the Japanese government, The US government embraces humans from all cultures and tries its best to allow many immigrants to become real Americans. Again, this is not true in Japan. I have experienced racism in Japan, so i know first hand.
We are all imperfect, and i know that Japan's pros far outweigh the cons. I'm an American, but i love Japan!
I am a little confused. How is it that she doesn't consider herself neither North or South Korean but works at a school sponsored by North Korea and teaches North Korea ideology?
@@Thevenizer Well, that's kinda unfair, i bet they didn't realise that North Korea is also a puppet to Russia and China
@@Melcor2304 North Korea is dependent on China, and was historically dependent on Russia, but it is not a puppet. The Kim regime has brutally purged anyone in the leadership who was deemed too pro-Russia or pro-China (a recent example was Jang Song-thaek, for his pro-Chinese leanings).
Because she’s a hypocrite
@K Takezo w waaa 222222
Met a few Korean-Americans who neither considered themselves as Korean or American. I believe the Korean diapsora created a generation of ethnic Koreans that have fully established their unique, niche identity across the globe. The point is that these people don't want or see the need to choose. They can easily relate to the macro-society around them (i.e., America or Japan) but feel most comfortable within their micro-community.
Honestly this isn't too different than how a lot of Americans are raised. Their parents or grandparents immigrated from other countries so they try to pass on the language and culture to their descendants even though they weren't foreign born.
For one, not everything is about the US, Americans, or how things are similar to or different from American life. And secondly, the phenomenon in this video is very different from how Americans are raised. "American" is a nationality, not an ethnicity. "Japanese" is confusingly both.
@@ambarishsridharanarayanan1035 Or if you wanna be technical, "Yamato" is an ethnicity to distinguish from Ainu and Ryukyuans.
except in US the kids are American citizen (assuming they were born in US soil), but these kids are chosen-seki (a nationality for koreans in Japan, see wikipedia), not Japanese citizen.
That is really only the case in the last couple of decades. When my ancestors came over from Europe (Germany, France, Italy, Poland) they were discrimated against for not speaking the language. Ive heard from multiple branches of the family that many of my great, great grandparents generation forbade their children from teaching the next generation anything but Engligh. "You are in America now so you need to speak English". So much of the food and traditions that many of the later generations of immigrants are amalamations made up and are not found in the original countries of origin. For example: Corned Beef and Cabbage is seen as a traditional Irish-American dish but if you go over to Ireland they've never heard of it.
In America, second generation born immigrant children are automatically American citizen. most of them identify themselves as American and speaks English very well. very rare do you find them hate the country they were born but will identify themselves according to their ethnic group. its different than whats happening here in this video.
The teacher is so cute, she looks like a student herself, I was surprised she was a teacher!!
Hopefully she won't be like most other young teachers that have sax with most of their students.
@@andresmcguire-buckley1659 Sax??? So what's wrong if a teacher teaches their students how to play the sax???
@@andresmcguire-buckley1659 That happens only in America and Europe..
I mean she's only 23...
John Hwang it happens everywhere
I think that school is related to North Korea. 조총련 in Korean. Because they use North Korean term and ideology such as "주체조선", "조선사람" and they sing a North Korean songs. Many that kind of schools and people in Japan are related to North Korea(조총련).
No doubt. That teacher force kids to worship Northern Kim and to think Nkorea is an unique valid state in peninsula.
how come you never ask them about the school's affiliation with north korea
It's literally in the name, Chosen is what the North calls itself as that was the name of the country before the Japanese annexation (think josean dynasty) The South is called Hangul which translates to country of the Hans
they literally covered thwt topic, but saying they identify as chosen seki and not south or noth koreans as they dont want to pick a side...
@@xdasdaasdasd4787 They do pick one side. They have been funded by the North Korea government for a long time and these people "chosen-seki" are pro-north Korean. Try to watch Vox video about the story behind it.
xdasda asdasd that doesn’t address anything. They claim to be impartial in this video but are funded by the North Korean government and choose a name and teach ideology that reflect that. They don’t teach neutrality. They teach Juche as part of a pan-Korean identity, the official doctrine of the DPRK.
Most likely was agreed upon previously to not bring it up
My heart for ethnic Koreans living in Japan feels hope that truly Koreans are free people with a free identity anywhere in the world!
They speak korean in japanese accents.😭 it sounds so cute and funny at the same time haha😭💖
But its also sad that they cant speak fluent korean when they're consider and identify themselves as koreans more than japanese
@@korean6706 but that's normal. With each generation the fluency of the language changes. But the fun part is some words or traditions are kept in the foreign born people but stopped in the home country. Like the imperial system in the US, while UK abandoned it a long time ago.
@@korean6706 I don't find anything sad about that. They are speaking fluent korean, just with an accent. That's the same as being sad for every gyopo who speaks korean because they have an accent.
It isn't a bad thing to live in a different country from your motherland.
@@korean6706 lol we speak english with american accent... and not British accent even tho we were once a colony of Britain
What's worrisome is that those who are North Korean in Japan and practicing the old ways may be the holders of their traditional culture which may be disappearing under the harsh authoritarian NK regime back in the motherland. It's hard keep up the artistic and rich aspects of a culture when you're starving and afraid and being re-educated/brainwashed.
6:26 'Always study hard and prepare for the future of North Korea'
What a disappointing video. They do not identify themselves as either south or north koreans?
Probably they feel big gab between reality and ideal that they learned in that school.
There are portraits of supreme leader of north korea in every classroom.
I like your channel, but this time you guys are totally fooled.
It's not a good journalistic choice to uncritically conflate the self-description of the school with what it actually is. The school may self-explain as a place for people who don't want to chose between North and South Korea, but the reality is that such schools are inofficially for those close to the north. Also, the word "choson" itself means the old undivided Korea, but nowadays is used as a short for "North korea" as well, making the word ambiguous. There is no need for Asian Boss to be partial or condemning of any of this, but facts must be stated clearly for the audience. It would be easier to understand why this school is controversial in the first place.
my grandparents were in the middle of this, so my maternal grandfather was raised and worked in Japan most of his life then moved back to Korea and he basically only spoke Japanese to us and because he was so interned to be Japanese, he listened to only Japanese tv news and news papers. and really rarely spoke to Korean to us Grand kids,... Grandma even speaks a little Japanese but you can tell where she labels things in Japanese because they forced her to use Japanese language instead of Korean as a means to control... so. yeah. this hits hard. thank you.
I read this awhile ago, these Korean would identify themselves closely with North Korea and received funding from North Korea in the early years and portrayed the nation’s founder, Kim Il-sung, as a heroic fighter against Japan. These school are sponsored by North Korea and Chongryon. Since 1957, North Korea has spent about $452 million to help finance Korean schools in Japan (according to Oh Gyu-sang, of the Zainichi Korean History Research Institute in Tokyo). These school continued to support North Korea up until today. On the opposite side, there's also Kankoku gakko sponsored by South Korea which I think is completely different. As of 2013, there were 73 North Korean grade schools and ten North Korean high schools in Japan. Furthermore in 2014, there were about 150,000 pro-North Korea Zainichi Koreans in Japan, and they form the clientele of the North Korean schools.
this 🤗 it's amazing how they didn't mention any of that
Thanks, that's cleared up some of the peices of information I was seeing in the comments.
@@angrysasuke3875 Thank you for the information (I already was aware of what you said). However, this does not seem to be a Chongryon school. Those schools do really indoctrinate their students and even have Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il portraits.
Why don;t them move back to the great motherland if they love it so much? I would hate to be a Jew living among the Nazis.
This is a Chosen-seki school which means its likely not affiliated with either North or South Korea. There are 3 different types of ethnic Korean schools in Japan, the ones by Chongryon are affiliated to North Korea, the ones by Mindan are affiliated to South Korea and the Chosen-seki schools are affiliated to neither (here Chosen 朝鲜 refers to the old country name of the whole of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty when it was annexed by Japan, not Chosen 朝鲜 as in the name of the country still used by North Korea; similarly the Chaoxianzu in China also refer to themselves as Chaoxian which is a holdover from that era.)
I found the teacher's voice really satisfying and that school is looking good!
Asian boss must accurately state that the children attending this school are learning history in a history textbook approved by North Korea.
@スパークル 朝鮮学校では金正日総書記の主体思想、先軍政治を賞賛する教科書『現代朝鮮歴史』を使用し思想教育を積極的に行っています。
韓国系の子供達が通う韓国学校と北朝鮮系の子供が通う朝鮮学校があり、 韓国学校は日本政府から支援されていたと記憶しています。
doesn't everyone get a censored version of history though? I don't really remember learning much about Kennedy's fuckups in the bay of pigs and im pretty sure kids in the US today aren't learning much about how the US funded terrorist groups in the middle east in the 80s which eventually became al qaeda. If these kids were given the Japanese curriculum, they would not learn about nanking, Korean comfort women or other things that the Japanese government has censored dealing with some of the atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers during WW2. Not saying the North Korean approved version of history is the "correct" version (probably isn't) but just illustrating that every kid learns the version of history approved by someone with the intent to promote their cause.
スパークル 北朝鮮に向いている歴史を学んでるんじゃない？
The Way of Ramen comparing japanese and american history books with north korean is v different..... north korean histor books literally worship kim il-sun and kim jong un
The intro is like something that comes out of Makoto Shinkai's movies.
Interesting. I wasn’t even aware of this group until this video. It reminds me of my situation. As a Korean-American, I speak, think, and feel like any other American. However, when I look in the mirror or people ask me “Where I’m from?”, I’m reminded of my Asian identity. Though my ethnicity is Korean, my nationality is American. I don’t feel I have to choose.
It's much easier in America to feel American than in Japan to feel Japanese. People may look at you like you are different in SOME aces, but you are a citizen. In Japan, they cannot see the difference unless they are told, or their name is different or they see their ID.... But they are never fully Japanese.
@@sapphirexwind I wonder about that. I'm an American and racism is still alive in here. Especially how the black communities are treated even today, you'll be surprised.
Lotus Song I am really strongly against the idea that people asking you where you are from is a bad thing. What makes American interesting is the culture everyone is from. I am white and still get asked this plenty( although probably less than you.)I love asking people this so I can learning something about that culture from them. No one other than natives are “American” so coming from somewhere else does not mean you have to choose since literally everyone comes from somewhere.
Who You racism is everywhere
They didn't get to choose, though. They're the remnants of people that were forcibly removed from their country. How awful is it, to be regarded as trash by a country that won't recognize you as a citizen but was involved in taking them from their homes.
I thought this is the school that still pay respect to North Korea Supreme Leader that Vox once cover it..
Niel Marshal They did. This is the elementary school attached to the upper school Vox interviewed. Chosen schools ally with North Korea while Kankoku schools ally with South Korea. This is a very misleading video.
Wow, I am ethnic Korean living overseas. I have so much respect for the people appearing in this video, especially the principal Mr. Kim and Ms.Ryu and Ms. Hiroko. Thank you Mr. Kim for teaching them the history accurately. I try really hard to teach my three boys(who were born overseas) to remember who they are, and where they come from. I think it's important for them to be proud of their heritage. On the other hand, it makes my heart ache when I think about the division between the two Koreas, and the consequences we are still suffering even now. I really hope to see my country united as one, and recover peaceful diplomatic with surrounding countries. I am 100% sure that the students from this Chosun School will be the leaders when that era comes. It will come very soon. Thank you Asian Boss.
This school teaches allegiance to North Korea
Thank you to the Japanese and Korean commenters who enlightened me as to the reality of the situation with these schools and their ties to North Korea, etc. This video is quite deceptive indeed. I had a feeling it was strange and decided to auto-translate the non-English comments and am glad I did!
Ok so I feel like the Japanese team isn't communicating well with the Korean team .... They didn't explain the difference between this school and Zainichi schools... And that is WHY there are threats to those schools,not because they are Korean...as they refuse identity as South Korean...
Quite a deceptive video. Thank you to the commenters for enlightening everybody. It is a shame as I considered Asianboss a reputable source of information.
I think I have been outside this school when I last visited Osaka. It's a North Korean related school. I wonder what they teach inside, hopefully not Juche-ism.
Ed Yes they teach Juche-ism and admiring Kim family.I heard from the student in Fukuoka chosen school.
@@boy15island8 Cant believe Japanese Gov allows such brain washing schools existed on Japanese soil. I m fine with the Korean language curriculum but not fine with the Kim Dynasty ideology. I doubt not even one student will ever step foot on DPRK ever in their lifetime.
@soba tempra That's rich, considering Japan's own war crimes in WWII
@soba tempra *North Koreans
They do teach Juche-ism at 6:26
I think this video left out lots of information and sort of... poorly made. These schools were funded by North Korea(This is largely because after the Korean War, North Korea had to ability to fund these schools and pay attention to them) and they teach North Korean ideologies. They also have portraits of the North Korean leaders. So it is less of a I want to keep my Chosun (Pre-Korean war) identity but more of I want to keep my North Korean Ideology roots. You can see this in the video as well, if you look at the colorful posters shown at 6:26, it mentions North Korean "collectivism ideology" and the "Juche Ideology". The text books they use is also pro-North Korea. Lastly, a lot of Zanichi people have actually gone back to North Korea, and they also donate/give funds to North Korea. I think it would've been better if you guys gave more of a background information, rather than just interviewing them.
Actually, a lot of information is in there in Japanese, but in English it is mistranslated (probably deliberately, because it happens so often on this video). For one, the female teacher clearly states that most of the kids are 朝鮮籍 (North Korean citizens), but the English translation makes it sound like they are stateless people.
From th 1970s to 80s, a lot of Japanese were abducted by N.Korea. Even a 13 years old girl was abducted on her way home from school and taken by boat to N. Korea. Still now this abduction issue has not yet been resolved.
We know that chosen schools are under the control of the N. Korean goverment.
It is true that we Japanese people have negative feelings about chosen school. However, just as N. Koreans people in Japan love and respect their home country, we want to protect our family and country.
As an American, this is such a foreign concept for me to understand. But it's definitely interesting, and it's a good thing that there are people out there that are willing to put in so much work to preserve their roots.
13:10 Aww, Hiroko... 😭
As a Latino this reminds me a few people of Venezuela.
They don't like and blame the United States for all bad things going on back in their home country.
Yet they live here in the States and won't dare to go back to Venezuela cuz deep inside they know is a failed state and they'll go just to starve.
It's ironic that this school is sponsored by North Korea yet they all live in freedom. Yeah culture is important and all but they should teach also how people ACTUALLY live in North Korea.
I would love an interview with North Korean refugees about this school, to see if after all they suffered, they still be supporting for a school like this.
The interviewer doesn't seem to distinguish North Korea-affiliated Koreans from South Korea-affiliated Koreans in Japan. The school shown in the video is run by North Korea-affiliated Koreans. The young kids who attend this school and even their parents may not think about it so much, but these Korean schools in Japan were established by Koreans loyal to the North Korean regime, and their university, "Korea University" in Japan, even received subsidies from Kim Il Sung, the first supreme leader of North Korea, in the past. Yes, it's great that they teach Korean language and culture to children of Korean ancestry living in Japan, but let's not forget that they also teach North Korea-approved curriculum especially to older students and even take them to North Korea for excursions and internships. As you know, North Korea is extremely hostile to Japan and to the West.
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Hey, this video lacks essential premise.This school is controversial in Japan because this school is supported by North Korea. Why didn’t this video point it out??? Because of that, this video can be misleading. BE CAREFUL.
i don't know why but asian boss deleted my comment. i just curious about why S-Korean people don't like Chusun School's educations.
Wait, I have a question. There are some international schools or Korean School(which is apart from Chosun schools) in Japan. Why they choose the school sponsored by North Korea intentionally?
"Regardless, we are all human." 💖
Korea and Japan are culturally and linguistically very different but yet so very similar and I wish more people in both nations would embrace their similarities more because they really are very fascinating.
actually, this is not true. of the north east asians, they are the most culturally and linguistically similar. identical grammar and quite a few cognates. the culture of bowing and deference and keeping a public face are also quite similar. i sum it up this way. koreans are fake 50% of the time, japanese are fake 100% of the time. My hypothesis is that Koreans and the Yayoi Japanese are decended from the same stock of nomads from the step that settled in the peninsula of korea thousands of years ago. koreans stayed, the current japanese left. When they left, the took with them the language of the people which melded with the jomon language to create a language that is phonetically more similar to malay or even islander, but grammatically identical to modern korean (which actually was not the language back then, there was more than one language spoken on the peninusula (shilla, baekje, koguryeo)), i'm sure the grammar was very similar between the three in the same way spanish and italian have very close grammar.
Don't be fooled.
In Japan, schools that do not meet the regulations set by the Ministry of Education are not recognized as educational institutions.
This is the same even if all the students are Japanese.
There are liars who hide this fact and claim to be discriminated against.
頑張ってるじゃん
Schools that educate Kim family and holisticism cannot be treated the same as ordinary Japanese schools.
How is this even legal?
Sangwoo Han It's not admitted by Japanese government as a school and they call us racist:(
강동구 Yeah...
I am too
I fell bad or these kids
I mean CHOSEN is both South and north in Japanese
So if it says Chosen and not KITA (north) Chosen then it doesn’t have the right to tach kids who may or may not be South Korean
To clear it up
Chosen= South+North Korea
(Before it split)
Kita Chosen= North
Or the official name
(朝鮮民主主義人民共和国)
Kankoku= South Korea
Or the official name
(大韓民国)
Tbh North Korea has nothing to with it’s official name....
Like how can it be democratic and republic?
South Korea makes more sense to me
forst last I am Japanese
I know what it means
Chosen alone means Korea as a whole
Kita chosen is North Korea
I learned history
How could I not know?
Also I wrote a whole comment with explanation in it so please read it carefully
Korea used to be one country
And it’s respectful called Chosen
朝鮮
After the split
North Korea is called “kita- chosen
北朝鮮
And south Korea is called kankoku 韓国
And the real name for both countries
(Official name)
North Korea :朝鮮民主主義人民共和国 ( chosen minshushigi jinminkyowakoku)
And South Korea is :
大韓民国
(Daikanminkoku)
So you could see where “kankoku” came from
It’s a shorter way to call countries
For example :
China is Chugoku 中国
But the official name is
中華人民共和国
Chukajinminkyowakoku
Now I hope that clears up
And please don’t comment anything before you do your research
I would gladly send you a pic of my book if you want but private info is important
Being a foreign ethnicity in another country is hard regardless of the ethnicity or country. The amount of racism and discrimination fluctuates with time.
Ya'll, it's simple. Ethnicity/race involves your ANCESTRY. Nationalities is CULTURAL. Every ethnicity or group of people (who has been a group for a long enough time) have adapted to such surrounding/culture/ideas to become unique both in culture AND biology. Difference is small when it comes to neighboring countries (sometimes, with those that mixed a lot, it's not even there) but it still exists for plenty.
She is ethnically Korean, and her ancestry did not go through thousands of years adapting to the Japanese terrain. However, her nationality would be considered both korean and japanese.
That's technically not how nationality works in Japan. Once you turn 20, if you had dual citizenship as a child in Japan, you must pick one nationality to identify as due to the fact that Japan does not allow dual citizenship.
@@burai97 Yes Japan doesn't allow dual citizenship but government doesn't really say you have to give it up.
My mother is German and naturalised Japanese citizen, She also has her German citizenship.
@@burai97 Nationality can be multiple and plentiful, depending on one's circumstance. For citizenship, that's something else. It's their policy for you to just choose one.
My friend is an American citizen, but their nationalities are korean, mexican, and american. Ethnic-wise, they're just korean.
(Nationalities doesn't always mean you're a citizen there. It can include your actual ethnicity, the place you were born, or the place you were largely raised in. So long as you have a strong connection/affiliation to that nation.)
You say "difference is small". But official diplomats visited from Korea to Japan is only 15 times in Edo period (over 200 years), and a few times about war nearly 700 years exclude Edo period. Japan to Korea, none or may be a few.
I think you might think what is "neighboring countries".
@@vyamam Did you get what I was saying? Difference is small in biology I said. Like, how much different do you think the genes of Swedish people are from those of Finland? There's a larger difference between Europeans and Asians in general. But with neighboring countries, not as much. Maybe Japan is a bit more different because they colonized and mixed in with the native people of Ainu; now they're nearly just one. Plus, isolation due to being on separated islands.
Either way, everybody is still the same human.
Koreans are super proud of themselves as who they are in everywhere regardless of their birthplace because they all carry the sense of superiority in ethnicity. It is somewhat dangerous but driving force to make them prosperous in everywhere they live. They are so successful in every aspect today.
I am korean and was born in russia(( 😭😭😭😭. I love my ethnicity, i love Korea. It’s my blood and my roots. 러시아에서 차별받았다🤕
Which korea?
North or South??
Just korean ethnic ,there is alot of fleed the war in 1952 in russia and neighbours countries so maybe they choose to be ethnic group rather than in division
NO ASIAN BOSS!!! THEY ARE OF COURSE TAKING SIDE. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE THAT THEY SAY THEY ARE NOT TAKING SIDE BUT THEY PUT THE IMAGE OF NORTH KOREAN LEADERS IN THE CLASS!!!
what min? i want to see
grey momo He was asking for a time stamp of the image. Jeez you are snobbish. Please stop spam commenting and go to bed
LOL. In the introduction, the narrator says that the Zainichi Koreans were either forcibly mobilized (強制連行), just needed to find a way to live, or various other reasons. That is lacking in the English subtitles, which will make people think that most or all of those people were forcibly mobilized. Descendants of the forcibly mobilized are a very small part of the current Zainichi Korean population.
To Clarify Japanese Vocabulary:
Korean Speakers Scroll Down!!!
北朝鮮 (Kita-cho-sen) lit. North Korea = North Korea and is the official country name for “North Korea”
朝鮮 (cho-sen) lit. ‘Korea’ = It is the word KOREA and is short for 朝鮮半島 (Korean Peninsula). So it is referring to the area, NOT the country, in contrast to how in english sometimes South Korea is shortened to just “Korea”. HOWEVER sometimes, or maybe even often times, people will shorten 北朝鮮 to 朝鮮 which can cause confusion. So in another words 朝鮮 can either mean North Korea, or the Korean Peninsula as a general area depending on context. In this video’s case, when the interviewed says “I am 朝鮮人 (I am KOREAN)”, they are referring to the Korean Peninsula, and NOT the country “North Korea”. They are saying they are ethnically of Korean origin from the peninsula BEFORE the Korean war.
韓国 (kan-koku) lit. South Korea = South Korea and the official country name as well as the most common way to refer to South Korea. As you can see it is not called ‘South’ Korea in Japanese, or else it would be 南朝鮮. Therefore, there is never confusion with SK, as 韓国 will ALWAYS mean South Korea.
To Summarize, 韓国人 (kan-koku-jin) will ALWAYS mean a South Korean person. However, 朝鮮人 (cho-sen-jin) can either mean a North Korean person, OR a person of KOREAN decent meaning they are from the korean peninsula.
Lengthy Explanation I know… I couldn’t leave any thing out of it though as I don’t want to stir up any political debates.
Reference for Korean Speakers:
I have used the word in both 한국말 & 조선말 when appropriate.
韓国 = 한국 (한국어), 남조선 (조선어)
北朝鮮 = 북한 (한국어), 북조선 (조선어)
朝鮮半島 = 한반도 (한국어), 조선반도 (조선어)
朝鮮 = is either short for 朝鮮半島 (한반도/조선반도) OR 北朝鮮 (북한/북조선).
Therefore there can be confusion when anyone says the words 朝鮮 or 朝鮮人 (북한인/북조선인), as you would have to guess if they’re talking about the Korean Peninsular or North Korea.
終わり！！(やっと終わったw)
끝!!! (피곤해ㅋㅋㅋ)
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Most South Koreans don't think them as Korean... They are Japanese only with Korean ancestry and they need to admit it.
In addition, they have North Korean ideology.
Many Koreans left the school after the abduction by North Korea became apparent. Children who continue to attend school (at least their parents) are ardent supporters of North Korea.
I really don't understand why these people's parents want to pass their identity confusion to their kids.
I mean, you can consider yourself a proud Korean descendant and a proud Japanese at the same time right?
Why do they have to force themselves to give up their Japanese identity given that they were borned an raised in Japan.
This is not a South Korean school. It's North Korean one
@@haruka6672 She said she was neither North or South Korean. She was just Korean (the unified one) 0:55
@@liyangau where did you see them giving up their Japanese identity?
@@commander1044 The video said it...they refused it ..
@@liyangauThe North wants Unification under their rule. It's a lie...they say they don't talk about the split....but the "Juche" ideals are on the board in the video in Korean.
When I watched the video, I started to wonder why these schools where so controversial and why the Japanese media and government disliked them as much. I mean, I didn't really see anything bad from the video.
But then I read the comments and was like oh. North Korea. That's why ppl aren't really liking these schools.
I mean I really wish that these kids don't face discrimination because of it, but this is something bad that does explain why people don't like them and it definitely should have been mentioned. We can't have a good perpective if we don't have all the important facts.
Thank you everyone in the comments for explaining this😁
They don't like the schools because they want the koreans to go home.
Nope, that's not it. Remember, Japan sided with You-Know-Who in WWII and have a deep history of racism and colonization in their country prior to this war. As a country they never have tried to overcome this. Thus, a deep racist sentiment still lives on in their culture. Since Japan is a culture that likes to save face, they're willing to unfairly smear Chosun schools to look like they're supporters of a dictator and thus justify their mistreatment. Don't fall for it.
And you should do your own research (on legitimate websites not TH-cam comments) on this subject. Don't just immediately believe things like this. That's how propaganda spreads and innocent people get mistreated.
I have a friend that's biracial (her Father is African and her Mother Japanese). She grew up in Japan until the age of 10 or 11 before her family came to America. She was treated horribly because of the color of her skin. And will forever be seen as a foreigner by her own people despite having been born and raised partially in Japan and having Japanese ancestry.
This channel should be called North Korean boss!!
As they are living in Japan, I think it is wiser for them to be absorbed into Japanese society. It's great to have a Korean identity, but it should only be used to lubricate exchanges and friendships between the two countries. While they're living in Japan but they only emphasize Korean identity, it's hard to get a good reputation from the society.
You don’t think that absorbed into japanese society? I wonder why? 🤦♂️
bruh theyre living in japan obv they know abt japanese society do u think they live at the school
A school in Japan that forbids the speaking of Japanese on campus and educates students to worship the Kim family.
Yukuza and zainichi (ethnic koreans living in Japan) have long ties for nearly 100 years because both were discriminated heavily in Japanese society so naturally they banded together. Like 30% of Yakuza members today have korean blood even though koreans represent less than a percent of the japanese population.
This is propaganda disguised as a perfect victim.
There are two types of schools in Japan: Korean schools and North Korean schools, and the Korean schools are approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education and provide education, so there is no problem.
North Korean schools are not approved by Japan's Ministry of Education, and they provide education that worships Kim Jong-un, so they are not recognized as schools in Japan.
The school was established by Chosenren (communist), an organization that carried out terrorism in post-war Japan and was designated as a terrorist by GHQ and the Japanese police. He was a quasi-terrorist who exported pachinko to Japan and remitted the money he earned from pachinko to North Korea.
The reason why communists were smuggled into Japan from the Korean Peninsula was because the South Korean and American forces carried out massacres in Jeolla Province and Jeju Island, so the South Korean government has an obligation to take them back.
ヤクザは日本に必要ない
I hope Asian Boss realise Chosun schools support Kim Jongun and North Korean government.
That's what I was wondering this whole time...
Was the lack of information regarding this school's connection to North Korea deliberate or accidental?
Wow, again a magnificent video. The quality of you content really is amazing. Thank you!
the first boy is so well spoken
I always liked Asian Boss videos, but here we have a manipulation of the viewers' emotions. I feel being cheated. Without the explaining of context viewers assume that the school is discriminated by Japanese media and people based on being Korean. But hold on, the problem is North Korea and its influence.
I know, that a lot of people live in the land of pink pony and unicorns, but in the real world North Korea is actual threat for both Japan and South Korea.
I am not saying, that children should suffer, it is obviously not their fault. It is the fault of their parents and Chongryen.
Yeah.
Folks this is what a foreign hostile colony looks like
Please consider separately the Korean Japanese who came to Japan as laborers before 1945 and the Korean communists who came to Japan after WW2.
The people who created Chosenren were communists who smuggled into Japan after the war, and most of them were from Cholla Province and Jeju Island on the Korean Peninsula, who were massacred by South Korean and American troops and fled to Osaka, Japan. Ta.
In fact, they are communists who worship Kim Il Sung, who lived in southern South Korea, not those who lived in North Korea.
They often carried out terrorist activities in post-war Japan, which were thwarted by Japanese riot police and American GHQ.
Chosun Gakko was created by the Chosun Federation.
Chongryon is designated as a quasi-terrorist group in Japan.
This Korean school is not a school in Japan as it is not approved by the Ministry of Education.
Originally, the South Korean government should have taken over the people who were smuggled into Japan, and Japan also supported them to return home through a repatriation project, but they remain in Japan because Japan earns foreign currency and sends money to North Korea. do not.
They are also involved in the abduction issue of Japanese people, so it is natural that they are hated.
Follow your leader
I think it’s a beautiful thing and I’m sure even an advantage to be able to experience both cultures and speak both languages
I agree with the below comment about Hiroko. She has a gentle approachable demeaner that puts her guests at ease. She is also very compassionate. Schools like these are so important. Thank you Asian Boss for this incredible content.
This is suppose to be a north korean school and teach about the greatness of north korea but they're not taking sides? I am confused.
The intro is the most anime intro ever.
The kids not learning about the Korean War until high school is such an awful thing. The school seems like it's trying to live in the past and not burst the bubble that the Korean peninsula is now divided. I don't know what kind of agenda this school has, but I'm guessing it supports North Korea (I read it in another comment so I can't be 100% sure). It's just so sad how these kids won't get to learn their country's past and history from a young age due to possible ulterior motives
Dimitra Papadopoulou I don’t disagree, but because young kids are impressionable and have yet to develop their critical thinking, wouldn’t it be better to delay such information? Furthermore, don’t we delay certain types of information until individuals are mature enough to handle it? To reiterate, I don’t disagree with your statement entirely. I just personally think (and could be incorrect in saying) that their education isn’t necessarily attributed to ulterior motives.
As for this potential agenda, I found that Chosen schools were financially supported by North Korea up until 2014. Economic sanctions on the country have affected their respective capacity to support these schools. I think it’s conceivable to link North Korea to this way of teaching, however, I can’t independently verify sources that speak on this matter.
Absolutely Nothing against these kids and teachers being discriminated . But I realize there is really a Korean bias. Promoting the idea OF Korean unification with accusing Japan left and right by omitting the the north korean school problem which Japan is struggling with.
(detail : Asian boss use the same letter types as Korea now)
なぜasian bossは日本に対してネガティブな動画ばかりアップロードするのですか？
韓国のネガティブな動画はあまり無いのですが、これは偶然ですか？
時々見る程度でしたが、それでもこのチャンネルは反日ネガティブキャンペーンだと気付きました。
韓国の正直どうでも良い事ばかり取り上げて、貿易規制についても韓国の言い分が全てと言わんばかりの編集（笑）
正直youtubeの動画で政治は動きませんが、一日本人としてせめて公平に動画を作ってもらいたいものですね。
韓国系だからだよ。昔の動画遡れば分かるが昔はタイトルは英語の後にハングルを2、3文字付けて挙げていたのよ
それからアジア全体をターゲットにタイトルからハングルとっぱらった。コリアンがアジアのボスになれる訳ないのにな
ただ一番の解決方法はネトウヨでも右翼の方でもこのチャンネルをガン無視することだと思う (どーせできやしないけど)
海外の方もこういうのは興味ないみたいで再生回数は低い
実質日本人と韓国人で動画再生数上げてるようなもんで、本当に無視が一番効果あると思う
@@scoonx3526 1年365日24時間韓国をストーキングしているあの陰湿な島国の放送局ほど偏向的ですか? それなら本当に大変だ。 本当に最悪の偏向的だから。
@@KS-ci9cu 一番近い国の情勢を報道するのは当たり前の事でしょ。危険な北朝鮮の兄弟みたいなもんだし、あとasian bossが偏向的なのは認めるってことですよね？
@@scoonx3526 North Korea's 危険な兄弟は、天皇に対して「不敬罪」を適用して表現の自由を叩き、路上で韓国人を強姦しようと叫ぶ「先進国」被爆国家ではないか? 東京医大に成績を捏造して女子学生を落としたが、それで社会全体が暗黙のうちに埋もれて沈黙させた国の民主主義なら、その水準が高いことはよくわかる。 自国の政治家の不正や批判の指を韓国に向けて叩くことで解消する低劣な民度は昔も今も変わらず本当に面白い。
they are north korean. not south korean.
This school is the *Chosun* one
Ba Dum Tss...
8:58 Kim Chol rings a bell...a certain Kim Chol who got purged in 2012, as well as Kim Jong-un's half-brother, who used Kim Chol as an alias, also murdered by the Kim regime.
Hey Asian Boss! First of all, I'm a big fan of your work. I'm currently writing my Bachelor thesis about this topic (primarily the history of it, but also how it looks today) and I would love to see more of Koreans in Japan. I think it's a critical topic for foreigners, but also for japanese people.
Greetings from Austria 🗻🎻🎼
I enjoy the videos you guys produce, I think you guys should cover next Asian’s born and raised in the Caribbean especially Chinese- Jamaicans and Korean-Cubans. Cheers!!
김정일 김정은 초상화걸고잇는건 왜안찍엇지 ㅋㅋ 북한미사일개발하는돈 매년일정액씩보내는곳인데
6:05: The TV shows a blackboard, but no portraits of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il! Doesn't this Korean school have pictures of the great leaders in their classrooms?
Or was it hidden for filming?
Chairman Kim Jong-un issued instructions in more than 10,000 characters at The 25th general meeting of the Korean General Association in Japan at the end of May.
Among them, it was instructed that earthquakes, tsunamis, and typhoons occur frequently in Japan, and that countermeasures must be taken.
During the 1995 earthquake, three mortar shells were found in Nagata Ward, Kobe City, where many Koreans live, and were disposed of by the Self-Defense Forces.
A female commentator claimed that the incident was a terrorist preparation operation by North Korea's Sleeper Cell.
... what are you even talking about? north korean law does not apply for those living in japan.
I believe this video goes against channel's vision. The main goal, to make viewers "think critically and challenge various cultural and social issues", was abandoned for the sole purpose of getting a simple emotional narrative. Situation of these schools just is not as simple as portrayed. Some viewers might see this as deliberately misleading.
I think this video was great because it didn't demonize them. They were allowed to speak for themselves. We don't need to be reminded for the 1 millionth time how evil DPRK is. It is rare to see a humanistic take like this.
Radim Baštan I think it’s still possible to think critically about the situation as such an action calls us to consider information other than what they give us. I think this video shines a light on a perspective we hadn’t considered before. A simple search will show that Chosen schools were financially supported by NK and adopt their respective ideologies. I think it’s valuable to get the point of view presented by the video as though it is individual and thus limited, it helps us see the bigger picture. It’s my opinion (feel free to disagree) that they can’t be misleading purposefully if the intentions they impart require us to see more than what’s shown.
Loved this and can relate to it as well. The good thing is that not only are the children learning about their own culture and history, they are also bilingual in both Korean and Japanese. I think that is awesome. They have two places that they can call home, Korea and Japan. Thank you Asian Boss, I love stories like these. It’s so fascinating and educational. Please do more!
@grey momo I'm pretty sure it has to do with an identity thing. I mean I can relate because I'm Japanese American, but originally born in Japan, so I don't consider America my "true home" so to speak. It's understandable from my point of view. But as the young man said, whether we are Korean or Japanese, or anything else under the sun, we're still all human.
@grey momo This is true. But unfortunately, it's just how we were raised in America. We were raised to call ourselves by our ancestry first, and then American. But we're proud to be Asian. I'd be more proud of being American though, if our government wasn't so corrupt.
@grey momo Well, I mean, America isn't the only place that has racism and discrimination. Pretty much everywhere in the world has some shape or form of it.
Also, Americans of British ancestry don't call themselves British because British isn't really an ethnicity. It's like American. American isn't an ethnicity, it's a nationality.
@grey momo Late response, but this is probably because Europeans aka. Caucasians are the majority of the population here in America. Whereas, Africans and Asians are minorities. So we’re always having to explain that we’re Asian Americans or African Americans to others. This may go back to the history that America has with other countries and how minorities here are often victims of racism and what not.
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I first saw the interviewee crying...As a Japanese who study Korean language and Korean culture who love Korean, I always become sad when I see hate comments and negative comments. Media have to be neutral, but any media has bias, and so as Japanese media especially TV shows. When the principle talks about how TV skewed and reported negatively about their school and also how children reacted to it after that, I felt really sad and at the same time, I really really appreciate what Asian Boss has done in this video. TV is a broadcasting, so it is trustworthy, but of course it is more for "government", so it could be skewed especially about politics and diplomacy. We have freedom to say whatever we want, so this video is really precious. I want everyone to understand how hate comments and skewed media can harm people without our notice. I never want to see any comments in here or any other videos. We should respect each other and that is why these channels exist to understand differences and know more about each other. I love Asian Boss xoxo
Very interesting, I didn't know about this ethnic group.
Helsic en China Ethnic Koreans have settled in Japan ever since Korea became part of the Japanese Empire. There are even Koreatowns in Japan's big cities, such as Shin-Okubo in Tokyo and Tsuruhashi in Osaka.
People who came to Japan during the war returned home immediately after the war.
Now, Koreans and North Koreans in Japan are people who have smuggled into Japan during the period of economic growth.
キンギョメダカ Not all Koreans who settled in Japan before WW2 returned immediately after WW2. There are still ethnic Koreans whose ancestors have remained in Japan even after WW2, such as businessman Masayoshi Son, actress Akiko Wada and wrestler Rikidozan.
The reason ethnic Koreans in Japan support the Kim family, even though their ancestors migrated to Japan before WW2, is because ethnic Koreans have always been left-leaning and they see the Kim family as an ideal left-wing strongman.
I do not say that all Koreans have gone home.
There are many pro-Japanese Koreans who came to Japan during World War II and remained after the war, and the Japanese support them who are active in various situations.
After the war, 400,000 immigrant people earned in Japan and paid a large amount of money, precious metals and home appliances to North Korea.
These items are distributed to the aides and bureaucrats in the name of the generals and are responsible for maintaining the North Korean system.
In Japan, most North Korean banks and gambling (pachinko) managers are North Korean citizens.
There are also North Korean supermarkets and drug manufacturers.
The money collected by these banks and companies goes to North Korea through the Japan-Korean Federation.
In fact, there are many North Korean companies in my house. It is sold by door-to-door sales, but I can't decline because it's a very nice person.
There is no dissatisfaction with North Koreans living in Japan.
I want you to change the organization to which the person belongs.
The Korean school is a subordinate organization of the Federation of Koreans in Japan and believes in Juche.
A picture of a North Korean leader is on display in the classroom, and loyal to him.
Why go to a school that supports dictatorship?
There are Indian schools, American schools, Chinese schools, etc. in Japan.
Those schools have no public support.
We should make an ethnic school that does not provide North Korean thought education.
@@キンギョメダカ Didn't the Japanese sink a ship that was supposed to return previous Korean slaves back to Korea?
Why don't they go back to Korea now?
Thats my question... its almost been 80years since Japanese Occupation is over.. why didnt they go back home when they are liberated?
@@김성-f2z The ones who didn’t go back to Korea at least back then was because they didn’t have enough money to pay for the ride back.
Hey don't be racist
'Cause the south korean government are Lazy to import those people. No support to live in S.Korea and become S.Korean at all. The government abandoned them.
@@Hampter-m7r This so sad, so south Korea will not support them and Japan will not accept them, I feel bad for them.
as a korean new zealander, its interesting to see videos about zainichi koreans bec i dont get to hear much about them. i hear alot about korean Australians or korean americans etc in media but not zainichi koreans(koreans who live in japan), joseonjok(koreans who live in china), and koryo saram (koreans who live in post soviet countries). i wish asian boss do more videos about them(esp joseonjok or koryo saram). i think its up to them to decide whether they want to be seen as korean or japanese. many korean new zealander here see themselves as new zealander same with how korean Americans see themselves as americans not korean. it depends on where they were born and when they came to country. if she speaks japanese, have japanese citizenship, born in japan, know alot about japanese culture etc then i would say that shes japanese. same with us too, here we all agree that our ethnicity is korean bec of the fact that we have korean ancestry and blood but our nationality is new zealander so most identity themselves as new zealanders not koreans. in the west, ethnicity and nationality r two diff words but i guess in east, its probably hard to distinguish them, they will think of ethnicity and nationality as same. in west, anyone can be American or new zealander etc if they have citizenship. so u don't have to be white to be americans or Australian etc but in some asian countries like china, korea, Japan. its hard to accept white person born in china as chinese. i guess its cultural differences. but tbh me as korean new zealander, i still think its okay for her to identify herself as japanese if shes comfortable with Japan. i know theres some overseas koreans who dont know anything about korea so i think its best to identify or call them based on their nationality rather than ethnicity
Please consider separately the Korean Japanese who came to Japan as laborers before 1945 and the Korean communists who came to Japan after WW2.
The people who created Chosenren were communists who smuggled into Japan after the war, and most of them were from Cholla Province and Jeju Island on the Korean Peninsula, who were massacred by South Korean and American troops and fled to Osaka, Japan. Ta.
In fact, they are communists who worship Kim Il Sung, who lived in southern South Korea, not those who lived in North Korea.
They often carried out terrorist activities in post-war Japan, which were thwarted by Japanese riot police and American GHQ.
Chosun Gakko was created by the Chosun Federation.
Chongryon is designated as a quasi-terrorist group in Japan.
This Korean school is not a school in Japan as it is not approved by the Ministry of Education.
Originally, the South Korean government should have taken over the people who were smuggled into Japan, and Japan also supported them to return home through a repatriation project, but they remain in Japan because Japan earns foreign currency and sends money to North Korea. do not.
They are also involved in the abduction issue of Japanese people, so it is natural that they are hated.
It is possible to keep their culture because it is Japan.
The reporter of Korea boss forgot to say ( or don’t want to mention) that this kind of schools are subsidized by the Japanese government
The way that Ethnic Koreans speak Korean is how Japanese speak Korean.
Hey Asianboss, it’s cool if you guys cover Lao Da Han issue. It’s one of the worst sex and human violations by Korean soldiers in Vietnam and nobody in Korea don’t know or even don’t care although they offend Japanese sex slave issues.
Here's my prediction, the unifier of Koreans will come from this school in Japan. The irony is right.
South Koreans won't accept a Korean born and raised in Japan.
10:38反日的なことがなんなのかわかってないだろそれなら黒板の上をカットしないで全部写していただきたい
It's hard to avoid crying when listening to his history. Hiroko did what we all were doing at the same moment: crying.
I'm a Japanese who grew up in Japan but have been spending my adult years in the US. It's great two cultures from 2 countries (3?) live in unison. I have no problem against Zainichi north and south Koreans in Japan or Korean immigrates in the US. It's always nice to know the foreign cultures.
Dear Asian Boss,
Thak you for covering such interesting and difficult subjects. I have to say that every video you make is a real pleasure to discover. Because I'm half Korean I really feel that I can understand more of my other country, and the situation in East Asia in general thanks to your videos and your talented hosts.
Thank you very much.