Seoul Moves to Strip Contact Reporting Rule for Chongryon Members

A proposed amendment to the Inter-Korean Exchange Law would end a mandatory reporting requirement that has governed South Korean interactions with pro-Pyongyang residents in Japan for decades.

South Korea's Unification Ministry has endorsed amending the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act to eliminate a mandatory contact reporting requirement for members of the Chongryon, the pro-Pyongyang organization of Korean residents in Japan. The policy shift, confirmed on July 10, removes a longstanding bureaucratic barrier governing how South Korean citizens interact with a diaspora community long treated as an extension of the North Korean state. [1]

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