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Ever since Korea became a divided country, The Korean Residents Association in Japan(TKRAIJ) and The pro-Pyoungyang Federation of Korean(TPPFOK) cannot help being hostile to each other. The antagonism became aggravated when some of the Korean-Japanese forced sent back to North-Korea. This study has started with own curiosity that any Korean-Japanese writer would write the antagonism between the two-party as a material for a novel. There are 3 novels are found-a short stories Remaining by the dead person by Lee-He Sung, A Memorial Service and At the risk of Night-a novel, by Yang-Sug Il. This study has limited in finding through the fictions but is enough to form some idea how the antagonism has reconciled between the two-party. Yang-Myung Shim said that the meaning of Remaining by the dead person is a journey of reconciling two brothers, one is from The Korean Residents Association in Japan, and the other is The pro-Pyoungyang Federation of Korean, through ‘a joint funeral’. Yang has missed the point which is the brothers, eventually, are reconciled by ‘a joint funeral’ but it didn’t mean that happened the same to the two-party. Song-Hwa Choon said that the meaning of that story is “The legacy from the late father for the brothers could extend to a cause of national reconciliation.” Even though ‘a joint funeral’ seems very remarkable event, however, the cause of national reconciliation turned out meaningless. The ending part of the story failed to show complete reconciliation is remained to our regret. A short story A Memorial Service express that the reason why twoparty became as mutual enemies is there was no way to communicate each other. As for a long time Korea is remained as a divided country, the two-party slandered and abused each other naturally. Yang-Sug Il indicated on his work through the characters arguments the antagonism between the two-party is wrong. He also indicated that it is so shameful Korean-Japanese Community in Japan is divided into two-party and confronted each other. On Young-Sug Il’s At the risk of Night is an anti-communist novel. The novel shows that the real state of affairs of repatriation to the North and their propaganda and how miserable real life is in north Korea. He sublated that such as North Korea is wrong and/or South Korea is right. He blamed Kim Il Sung’s statue and the North’s Juche(self-reliance) theory and North Korea people living status as slaves. At the same time, he also indicated that freedom and equality is not guaranteed in South Korea so is not a paradise either. He, as an author, said that in the novel “Under any type of political system, the true nature of power is all the same.” Through 3-novel, we could say that Lee-Hee Sung and Yang-Sug Il have negative view towards to the two-party: The Korean Residents Association in Japan and The pro-Pyoungyang Federation of Korean. Seeking reconciliation between the two-party seems not easy under the divided-country with idealogical different political system. Discord between the two-party seemed not to be ended and was the source of trouble to the writers.