Buddhist group to acquire pro-Pyongyang group's office

Buddhist group to acquire pro-Pyongyang group's office

FUJISAWA, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, leader of Saifuku temple, answers reporters' questions concerning the temple's planned acquisition of the Tokyo headquarters of a pro-Pyongyang group, in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 26, 2013. Ikeguchi said he was asked by a senior North Korean official to maintain the Chongryon headquarters and that his temple plans to lease the building to the group. The government-backed Resolution and Collection Corp. put the premises out to tender to recoup loans of around 62.7 billion yen, and the temple based in Kagoshima Prefecture offered 4.5 billion yen, the highest among four bidders.

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