Pomchonghakryon
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The National Alliance of Youth and Students for the Country's Reunification, or the Pomchonghakryon, is a North Korea
-based organization that promotes Korean reunification
. It was founded on 15 August 1992, the 47th anniversary of the end of Japanese occupation
on the Korean peninsula.
It considers the South Korea
-based Hanchongryun
(South Korean Federation of University Student Councils), which was a well-known target of the National Security Act
in South Korea, as its southern headquarters. It also has an overseas branch based in Japan
. It holds meetings roughly once a year, with the stated goal of ending the foreign domination and intervention in Korea and moving towards peaceful reunification of Korea.
North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea , , is a country in East Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone between North Korea and South Korea...
-based organization that promotes Korean reunification
Korean reunification
Korean reunification refers to the hypothetical future reunification of North Korea and South Korea under a single government...
. It was founded on 15 August 1992, the 47th anniversary of the end of Japanese occupation
Korea under Japanese rule
Korea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Japanese rule ended in 1945 shortly after the Japanese defeat in World War II....
on the Korean peninsula.
It considers the South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
-based Hanchongryun
Hanchongryun
Hanchongryun , also known as the South Korean Federation of University Students Councils, is a pro-North Korea leftist student organization in South Korea. Hanchongryun supports North Korea led unification of Korea, and instigates the Korean college students to overturn the Korean State system...
(South Korean Federation of University Student Councils), which was a well-known target of the National Security Act
National Security Act (South Korea)
The National Security Law is a South Korean law which has the avowed purpose "to restrict anti-state acts that endanger national security and to protect [the] nation's safety and its people's life and freedom."...
in South Korea, as its southern headquarters. It also has an overseas branch based in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It holds meetings roughly once a year, with the stated goal of ending the foreign domination and intervention in Korea and moving towards peaceful reunification of Korea.
External links
- Pomchonghakryon (South branch) web site (in Korean)