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

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

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Koken Tsuchiya speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on June 18. He said he has taken procedures to revert the ownership of the properties of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, or Chongryon, on an official registry from a company headed by Shigetake Ogata, a former chief of the government's intelligence agency, indicating that a plan to sell the properties to the company has been abandoned.

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