[학술논문] Nationality as a Diplomatic Tool — Relationship between Japan and the two Koreas and the issues surrounding Zainichi Koreans

...paper explores the history of Zainichi Koreans—the largest group of immigrants in Japan—and the issues surrounding their nationality during the post-colonial and the Cold War. By using sources from diplomatic and governmental archives from the Japanese government and South Korean government, this paper demonstrates that the primary aim of deciding Zainichi Koreans’ nationality was a tool...

[학술논문] Dilemmas of Re-entry Permission: Japan’s Border Control System during Détente in the Cold War

...holders, these countries attempted to maintain its relationship. However, in the late 1960s, Japan was faced with a legal and political dilemma and had no option but to permit pro-North Koreans to re-enter Japan. This paper argues that this permission was Japan’s political compromise to guard against its diplomatic isolation in a structural shift away from the confrontation of the Cold War.

[학술논문] The UN Commission of Inquiry on North Korean Human Rights Report and Zainichi’s Human Rights Campaign

...Rights interpreted the repatriation of Koreans in Japan to the DPRK during the Cold War and how Zainichi's current human rights campaign opposes the repatriation of Koreans in Japan to the DPRK during the Cold War. The UN COI North Korean Human Rights investigated the case that began during the Cold War, that is, the issue of the repatriation of Koreans in Japan to the DPRK, and wrote about it...