Type | NGO |
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Region served | China |
Official language | Korean |
Chairwoman | Choe Un-bok |
Main organ | Congress |
Website | www |
General Association of Koreans in China | |||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 旅華朝鮮人總聯合會 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 旅华朝鲜人总联合会 | ||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||
Kanji | 在中朝鮮人総聯合会 | ||||||||
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North Korean name | |||||||||
Chosŏn'gŭl | 재중조선인총연합회 |
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