Legwork and research: the legitimate routes of the North Korean case
No legwork is possible in the north — and no serious service offers it. The REAL missions of the North Korean case are research: the South Korean archives (separated families, pre-division records) and the Japanese colonial holdings (the era's koseki!) document roots the division cut off.
The real scope
- Searches in the South Korean archives — separated families, historical records.
- The colonial koseki in Japan — the 1910-45 era documented.
- The Seoul-Brazil corridor for whatever is found.
The proofs
The milestone standard in the research — findings documented, references annotated.
Frequently asked questions
Do the colonial koseki cover the north?+
The Japanese colonial era registered the whole peninsula — the holdings document families from what is now the north. The real historical route for roots.
Do separated families have records in the South?+
The reunion programmes and the South Korean registers keep decades of records — a specialised search accesses them through the South's rites.
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