
Here's the Japanese link:
http://www.excite.co.jp/News/world/20050720201832/Kyodo_20050720a391010s20050720201835.html
Seoul Kyodo
(My translation)
From June South Korea granted sufferage rights to all foreigners with permanent residency over the age of 19 and having had P.R. for at least 3 years. They are excluded from voting in Presidential and Parlimentary elections. This will effect about 10,000 foreigners with P.R. in Korea, mostly Chinese nationals but some Japanese as well. The reason for the passage of this legislation is to give Koreans in Japan voting rights. This agreement was made in 1998 with the Kim Dae Jong administration and the government of Japan and previous administrations.
Note: I didn't find anything in the English news and this appeared in our local newspaper print edition today. Thought it was important.