A group of Korean students in Japan and their supporters Monday asked the Education Ministry for fair treatment and the right to take national university entrance examinations.
Armed with more than 1,300 signatures -- including those of many professors -- representatives of the group, which is seeking application rights for Korean residents, asked ministry officials to allow universities to decide their own qualification criteria.
But the officials denied Korean students are treated unfairly and said the ministry does not plan to make any changes to the current law, representatives of the group said. "By not being accredited by the government, Korean students must endure both mental and financial suffering," said Che Gwan Gi, a Nihon University student who leads the group.