I Am From Chosun
I Am From Chosun

I Am From Chosun

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Kang Jong-heon
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Kim Chang-oh
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Park Geum-sook
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After 15 years of knowing Chosun people in Japan I met on Mt. Geumgang in 2002, I face the history of colonization and division that I had not known before. They’ve been to North Korea many times, but never to South Korea. They tell us why they want to live as Chosun people despite the discrimination in Japanese society. 
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