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Tuition-waiver Program to Korean Schools in Japan Demanded

Pyongyang, January 25 (KCNA) -- A Japanese human rights organization demanded the government resume the procedures for applying tuition-waiver program to the Korean schools in Japan. It released a statement addressed to the prime minister, the chief Cabinet secretary and the minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan on Jan. 17.

The Japanese government suspended the proceedings following the Yonphyong Island shelling in the West Sea of Korea. This is apparent violation of law and grave infringement upon the rights of students to learn, the statement said.

The politico-diplomatic issue should not have adverse effect on the education of students who would shoulder the future, it added.