Korean Residents Union in Japan - Zai Nihon Daikan Minkoku Kyoryumindan

Japanese: 在日本大韓民国居留民団 - ざいにほんだいかんみんこくきょりゅうみんだん

An organization of Korean residents in Japan who support the Republic of Korea. In April 1994, the name was changed to the Korean Residents Union in Japan, dropping the word "resident." Abbreviated as Mindan. In October 1946, the New Korea Construction Alliance, which was formed in January of that year, combined various organizations such as the Korean Founding Promotion Youth League to form the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Mindan) in order to promote the unity of the liberal conservative camp of Korean residents in Japan in opposition to the left-wing Korean Residents Union in Japan. The organization's platform included stabilizing people's lives, improving culture, and international friendship. After the Republic of Korea was established in August 1948, the name was changed to the title at the second Mindan convention in October of the same year, and the platform also included adherence to the national policy of the Republic of Korea and protection of civil rights of Korean residents.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

大韓民国を支持する在日韓国人の団体。1994年4月，この名称から〈居留〉を外して在日本大韓民国民団と改称した。略称民団。1946年10月，同年1月に結成された新朝鮮建設同盟が左派の在日本朝鮮人連盟に対抗して在日同胞の自由主義保守陣営の大同団結をすすめるため，朝鮮建国促進青年同盟などの諸団体を合わせて在日本朝鮮居留民団(民団)を結成し，民生安定，文化向上，国際親善などをその綱領とした。48年8月大韓民国が樹立されてから，同年10月民団第2回大会で表題の名称に改められ，綱領もまた大韓民国の国是遵守，在留同胞の民権擁護が加えられた。

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