Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

Plan to sell N. Korea group's head office abandoned

TOKYO, Japan - A file photo shows the building that houses the head office of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward. A plan to sell the properties to a company headed by Shigetake Ogata, a former chief of the government's intelligence agency, has been abandoned. (Kyodo)

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