ABSTRACT
During the 1980s the distance between the two halves of the Korean peninsula was considerably reduced; the channels of communication regarding bilateral issues such as the problem of families divided by the Korean War and nuclear disarmament have been opened, if not always easily. This chapter introduces two cases from second-generation Chongryun Koreans of different backgrounds. Because the second generation spreads over a wide age group, one case involves a person in his early thirties and the other someone in his early fifties. Third-generation individuals cope well with their multiple identity as North Koreans in Japan and cultural members of Japanese society. Second generation experience as migrants' children and members of the North Korean diaspora is unique in that they have been relatively protected within the organizational shield, as compared to the first and third generations. The chapter helps to grasp the different experiences of the different generations in their migration and diaspora.
