Osaka Korean High School

Summary

Osaka Korean High School (Japanese: 大阪朝鮮高級学校, Hepburn: Osaka Chōsen Kōkyū Gakkō, Korean오사까조선고급학교) is senior high school in Higashiōsaka, Japan. It is a Chōsen gakkō: a North Korea-aligned school for Koreans in Japan. The government of Osaka Prefecture classifies the school as a "miscellaneous school".[1]

Osaka Korean High School
大阪朝鮮高級学校
오사까조선고급학교
Osaka Korean High School in 2015
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Japan
Information
TypeChōsen gakkō (Korean international senior high school)
Websitewww.osakakhs.com

In July 2017, Judge Takahiro Nishida of the Osaka District Court ordered the government to include the School in its tuition waver program, determining that previous exclusions of the School were unlawful.[2]

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  1. ^ "List of International Schools" (Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine). Osaka Prefecture. Retrieved on July 31, 2015. "〒578-0984 2-18-26 Hishie, Higashiōsaka-shi" - Japanese version: "外国人学校リスト" (Archive).
  2. ^ Jiji Press (July 28, 2017). "Pro-Pyongyang school petition backed". Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. The Osaka District Court ordered the government on Friday to reverse its decision to exclude a pro-Pyongyang Korean school from its tuition-free program for high schools. The government's decision to omit Osaka Korean School in Higashiosaka from its tuition waiver program is unlawful, presiding Judge Takahiro Nishida said in the ruling.

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  • Osaka Korean High School Archived 2010-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)

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