Korean Democratic Party

...In April 1960, after the collapse of the Syngman Rhee government, the group actively supported the Park Chung-hee government, which was established, and supported the Japan-Korea talks and the conclusion of the Japan-Korea Treaty in June 1965. It also promoted the acquisition of permanent residency under the Agreement on Legal Status of Koreans in Japan, and the number of applicants reached about 350,000 in January 1971. In the 1970s, conflict arose within Mindan over the Korean democratization movement, and conflicts between the Central Headquarters and the Tokyo Headquarters, the Kanagawa Prefectural Headquarters, the Korean Youth League in Japan, and the Korean Student League in Japan intensified. These anti-mainstream groups formed the Japanese Headquarters of the National Council for the Restoration of Democracy and Promotion of Unification of Korea (Korean Mintong) in 1973 and were expelled from the Mindan organization. Mindan then reorganized itself by forming new youth and student associations. Mindan actively supported the Korean Restoration System, engaged in home visits for Korean residents in Japan, the Saemaul (New Heart) movement, and campaigned against administrative discrimination by the Japanese authorities against Korean residents in Japan. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Han Mintong" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…60年4月李承晩政権の崩壊以後成立した朴正熙政権を積極的に支持するとともに，日韓会談ならびに65年6月の日韓条約の締結を支持，在日韓国人の法的地位協定による協定永住権の獲得をすすめ，その申請者は71年1月約35万に上った。1970年代に入り韓国の民主化運動をめぐって民団内部に対立が生まれ，中央総本部と東京本部，神奈川県本部，在日本韓国青年同盟，在日本韓国学生同盟などとの対立が激化し，これらの反主流派は73年韓国民主回復･統一促進国民会議日本本部(韓民統)を結成して民団組織から除名され，民団は新たに青年会，学生会を組織して組織の再編につとめた。民団は韓国の〈維新体制〉の積極支持，在日同胞の故郷訪問，セマウル(新しい心)運動につとめ，また在日同胞に対する日本当局の行政差別反対運動に取り組んでいる。…

※「韓民統」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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