Talk:Chōsen gakkō

Another list of North Korean schools
http://web.archive.org/web/20010726050222/http://www.chongryon.com/japan/dantai/01gakkou.htm - A 2001 list of North Korean scools WhisperToMe (talk) 03:42, 15 October 2015 (UTC)

Recent updates
@Tonari8 I noticed your significant edits to the page and wondered whether you had reliable sources to remove the claims about North Korean teachings. While your edits seem to have contributed positively to the neutrality of the page, I'm worried you might be de-emphasizing the North Korean links too much.

While I saw the video you attached, it seems some of the sources that were attached to that section at least warrant discussion, and I would suggest we try to find stronger sources to warrant the other claims in the page. agucova (talk) 07:40, 17 April 2022 (UTC)


 * Respectfully disagree; the article isn't really that long and the schools' NK links are usually hot topics of conversation. I don't think anything written in the article is unfair or particularly harshly worded either. toobigtokale (talk) 19:38, 5 October 2023 (UTC)

Grammatical Errors, general sloppiness
This article feels incomplete and somewhat opinionated. Beyond that, there are some blatant grammatical errors. I don't know enough about this subject to review/find sources, but I have gone through to fix up SPAG (spelling, punctuation, and grammar) stuff River 06:16, 25 October 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SELI-chan42 (talk • contribs)

Italics title?
Should the title be italicized? Is it a proper noun? I don't think it is; may need to be italicized toobigtokale (talk) 08:03, 28 September 2023 (UTC)

Number of students
I found a source that says up to 40,000 students are enrolled in North Korean affiliated schools. https://www.google.co.kr/books/edition/Diversity_in_Japanese_Culture_and_Langua/PyuZzUVNgCUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22chosen+gakko%22+-wikipedia&printsec=frontcover p. 168.

The source in this wiki page which currently says there are 8,000 ethnic Korean students enrolled is defunct. I think it's better to change the claim from 8,000 ethnic Koreans > "up to 40,000 students attend choson gakko". Itzybella8 (talk) 06:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Beginnings of the schools
Most sources I have found support the idea that the schools were started in the 1940s. However, currently the wikipedia article states: "Since the opening of Korea University in 1957 (not to be confused with Korea University in Seoul), North Korea has funded the schools."

This implies the funding and schools only began in the 1940s, which is seemingly not the case.

I want to remove this claim but first I wanted to open it to the floor.

Examples of sources for 1940s start:

Saito, Yukie; Okamura, Ryoko (1 February 2022). "Endangering the Right to Ethnic Education: Japan's Exclusion of Chōsen Schools from the Tuition Waiver Program". The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. Retrieved 2024-01-23.

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/4/22/the-existential-crisis-facing-north-korean-schools-in-japan

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/01/689_347299.html Itzybella8 (talk) 23:53, 23 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I have removed the claim for now as I cannot find any other sources to support this notion & it confuses information in the rest of the article.
 * It is strange to say they began once Korea university was founded in 1957, but they were also first created in the 1940s later in the article.
 * Please feel free to add it back in if you are able to clarify how the schools starting in 1957 links with the schools starting in the 1940s. Itzybella8 (talk) 23:58, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

Expand section banner removed
Hi there, I have removed the banner under the history section which asks users to expand the section. I believe the section is quite extensive now. Please feel free to add to it! Itzybella8 (talk) 06:09, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Remove main "verification" banner?
There are now 47 sources supporting this article. Are we ready to take off the banner which states it needs more sources for verification? Thank you :) Itzybella8 (talk) 02:20, 25 January 2024 (UTC)