Picture of the Day: Korean Lawmaker Attends Event with Pro-Pyongyang Group

Lawmaker in controversy
Lawmaker in controversy
Independent Rep. Youn Mee-hyang (2nd from R) is surrounded by reporters as she attends a plenary session of the National Assembly in Seoul on Sept. 5, 2023. Youn is being criticized for voluntarily attending an event hosted by Chongryon, an association of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in Japan, in Tokyo on Sept. 1 to honor Koreans massacred by Japanese in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake in Tokyo and its vicinity. The massacre of some 6,000 Koreans began when the Japanese government spread rumors of a planned riot by Koreans in a scheme to divert public attention from social unrest. (Yonhap)
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