[INTERVIEW] Documentary filmmaker zooms in on Zainichi Koreans

It was a simple coincidence that documentary director Kim Cheol-min traveled to Mount Kumgang in 2002. There he encountered not only North Koreans, but Zainichi Koreans - a Japanese term that means “living in Japan,” and refers to ethnic Koreans who began living in Japan during the 1910-45 occupation of Korea and remained there after Japan's defeat in World War II.

source https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/12/689_319879.html?fl

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