The network of schools in Japan operated by the General Association of North Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, saw the overall scale of its government funding shrink by 27% in the year 2009-2010, according to a report today from Sankei Shimbun. <\/p>\n
Documents reveal that in 2009, ‘Chosun Schools’ received 549.73 million Yen ($7.2 million) in support, but by 2010 this had shrunk by 147.29 million Yen ($1.9 million) to 424.3 million Yen ($5.5 million). <\/p>\n
Chosun Schools have courted controversy in recent times with assertions that have angered the Japanese authorities, in particular stating in history textbooks that \u201cThe Japanese authorities are emphasizing the abductees issue to cultivate anti-Chosun discord,\u201d but also by calling the 1987 Korean Air disaster a fabrication.<\/p>\n
The greatest reductions in funding were felt in four places; Tokyo, Osaka, Saitama and Fukuoka. Two, Tokyo and Saitama, gave no funding at all during 2010, with Osaka authorities explaining their choice in terms of cutting links with Chongryon as an organization which places portraits of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on the walls of classrooms.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, consistently falling student numbers have also reduced the applicability of central funding for the schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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