General Association of Koreans in China

The General Association of Koreans in China is a pro-DPRK group of ethnic Koreans in the People's Republic of China. The organization is led by Chairwoman Choe Un-bok and held its sixth congress in Shenyang, China, on August 10, 2016. At that time it had been seven years since their fifth congress.^[1]

General Association of Koreans in China

Type	NGO
Region served	China
Official language	Korean
Chairwoman	Choe Un-bok
Main organ	Congress
Website	www.paekdu-hanna.com

General Association of Koreans in China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	旅華朝鮮人總聯合會
Simplified Chinese	旅华朝鲜人总联合会
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǚ-Huá cháoxiǎnrén zǒngliánhéhuì Wade–Giles Lu-Hua Ch'ao-hsien-ren Tsung-lian he-hui
Japanese name
Kanji	在中朝鮮人総聯合会
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Zai-Chu Chōsenjin Sōrengōkai
North Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	재중조선인총연합회

There are regional and branch organizations of the GAKC, including one in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. The regional chairman there, Cha Sang-bo, is the vice-chairman of the General Association of Koreans in China.^[2]

They publish a magazine called Paektu-Halla.^[3]

The organization was apparently founded in 1991, based around a "Korean-Japanese headquarters" led by Chung Min Lee. It adopted its current name in 1998.^[4][5]

See also

• Chongryon (General Association of Korean Residents in Japan)