The Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK said:

We denounce the Japanese reactionaries' moves to seize the Korean Hall of Chongryon as part of a campaign against the Koreans in Japan.

This shows once again that the present ruling quarters of Japan have a completely wrong understanding of the issue of history.

Japan's reckless politics in the last century led it a complete ruin and inflicted unspeakable sufferings upon the peoples of Northeast Asia.

It is crystal clear that the U.S. is wire-pulling Japan behind the scene as its master.

We strongly demand Japan stop such suppression at once.

The Belarus-DPRK National Friend Association Named after Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il said:

The Japanese authorities are persisting in their suppression of Chongryon.

The Japanese authorities' suppression of Chongryon is a challenge not only to the Korean people and the Japanese but all other peoples of the world.

We demand the Japanese authorities halt their suppression of Chongryon.