The General Association of Koreans in China is a pro-DPRK group of ethnic Koreans in the People's Republic of China. The organization is led by Chairwoman Choe Un-bok and held its sixth congress in Shenyang, China, on August 10, 2016. At that time it had been seven years since their fifth congress.[1]
Type | NGO |
---|---|
Region served | China |
Official language | Korean |
Chairwoman | Choe Un-bok |
Main organ | Congress |
Website | www |
General Association of Koreans in China | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 旅華朝鮮人總聯合會 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 旅华朝鲜人总联合会 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
Japanese name | |||||||||
Kanji | 在中朝鮮人総聯合会 | ||||||||
| |||||||||
North Korean name | |||||||||
Chosŏn'gŭl | 재중조선인총연합회 |
There are regional and branch organizations of the GAKC, including one in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. The regional chairman there, Cha Sang-bo, is the vice-chairman of the General Association of Koreans in China.[2]
They publish a magazine called Paektu-Halla.[3]
The organization was apparently founded in 1991, based around a "Korean-Japanese headquarters" led by Chung Min Lee. It adopted its current name in 1998.[4][5]
See also
edit- Chongryon (General Association of Korean Residents in Japan)
References
edit- ^ GAKC meets for 6th Congress
- ^ Koreans in China celebrate Seventh WPK Congress
- ^ Death of Print? Not in North Korea!
- ^ 노길남. “양영동 의장, 그는 누구인가”. 민족통신. 2008년 8월 26일에 확인함.
- ^ “민간외교 및 대외선전”. 중앙일보. 2008년 8월 26일에 확인함.
External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)