▁However , ▁upon ▁later ▁entering ▁a ▁private ▁high ▁school ▁he ▁res umed ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese ▁name , ▁Tak ay as u ▁Ke is ai , ▁and ▁again ▁hid ▁his ▁eth nic ity . ▁ ▁Political ▁career ▁ ▁After ▁Lee ▁graduated ▁from ▁high ▁school ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁his ▁former ▁teachers ▁provided ▁him ▁with ▁no ▁assistance ▁in ▁finding ▁a ▁job . ▁While ▁supporting ▁himself ▁through ▁part - time ▁work , ▁he ▁founded ▁Mu ku ge ▁no ▁K ai , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁prede cess or ▁ ▁organis ations ▁of ▁Min to hren . ▁The ▁name ▁came ▁from ▁mu ku ge , ▁the ▁Japanese ▁word ▁for ▁h ib is cus ▁sy ri ac us , ▁a ▁former ▁symbol ▁of ▁resistance ▁to ▁Japanese ▁colonial ▁rule ▁in ▁Korea ▁and ▁the ▁national ▁flower ▁of ▁South ▁Korea . ▁He ▁hoped ▁to ▁address ▁the ▁problems ▁of ▁violence ▁and ▁del in quency ▁among ▁Korean ▁youth ▁in ▁Os aka ; ▁he ▁chose ▁to ▁found ▁a ▁new ▁association ▁rather ▁than ▁work ▁through ▁existing ▁eth nic ▁associations ▁such ▁as ▁Mind an ▁or ▁Ch ong ry on ▁because ▁he ▁felt ▁both ▁were ▁more ▁concerned ▁with ▁the ▁politics ▁of ▁the ▁Korean ▁pen ins ula ▁than ▁of ▁local ▁Korean ▁communities ▁in ▁Japan . ▁Though ▁at ▁first ▁they ▁made ▁little ▁progress , ▁their ▁children ' s ▁programme , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁in ▁N aria i ▁was ▁particularly ▁successful ; ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁they ▁began ▁a ▁campaign ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁division