제7차 한일회담의 법적지위관계회의가 일본 내 한국학교 설립에 미치는 영향 고찰

Abstract

This study is based on the minutes and directives V.1/V.2 through 40 meetings of The Committee on Legal Status of Korean Residents in Japan of the 7th Korea-Japan talks, which are closely related to ‘Education of Koreans in Japan’, among the public data of the Korea-Japan talks. The Korean government’s perspective on education for Koreans residing in Japan was examined, with the purpose of analyzing how it affects Korean schools in Japan as of 2021. As a result, the governments of Korea and Japan reached the agreement to grant the status of permanent residency only to Korean nationals, but even the children of Korean nationals did not get anything related to the right of education. Rather, in the process of demanding the closure of Chosun schools from our side, Korean nationals gave up even their own right to choose education. The findings of the present research should be used as a lesson not to damage young Zainichi students in determining the policy direction of the Korean school’s national education in Japan in the future.