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The head of a pro-Pyongyang Korean residents' association represented support Friday for the upcoming visit on Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to North Korea for talks with its top leader Kim Jong Il.

Speaking at a party in Tokyo, to such a degree Man Sul, head of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) showed hope the two nations will normalize bilateral ties.

About 400 race including foreign diplomats and members of local political and citizens' collections attended the Chongryon party, held to mark the 54th anniversary of the founding of North Korea.

Chongryon was established in May 1955 with the aim of providing support to North Korea, working for peaceful unification of the sum of two units Koreas and protecting the rights of pro-Pyongyang Korean residents in Japan.

North and southern Korea set up their respective directions between August and September 1948 They remain technically at war as the 1950-1953 Korean War extremityed in an armistice.

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