Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

TOKYO, Japan - Li Bom Rak (R), former chairman of the Korean Credit Unions' Association in Japan, leaves his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Dec. 5 with investigators for questioning. Li was arrested later in the day on suspicion of financially damaging Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, which collapsed in December last year.

Ex-Chogin Kinki official grilled over financial probe

Ex-Chogin Kinki official grilled over financial probe

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An Jong Ji, former president of the Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, gets in a car in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 14 on his way to questioning by investigators. He is suspected of withholding information during a financial inspection of the Kobe-based failed credit union serving pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan.

Chogin Kinki raided for allegedly evading financial inspection

Chogin Kinki raided for allegedly evading financial inspection

KOBE, Japan - Police investigators enter the head office of Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Sept. 26 to search for evidence in connection with the company's alleged evasion of an inspection by a financial authority last year. Chogin Kinki is the largest pro-Pyongyang credit union in Japan.

FRC declares N. Korea-linked credit union insolvent

FRC declares N. Korea-linked credit union insolvent

OSAKA, Japan - An Chon Chi (R), director general of Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, the largest pro-Pyongyang credit union in Japan, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 29 after his union was declared insolvent by the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC).

N. Korea-linked credit union declared insolvent

N. Korea-linked credit union declared insolvent

TOKYO, Japan - Hakuo Yanagisawa, chairman of the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission, declares Chogin Kinki Shinyo Kumiai, the largest pro-Pyongyang credit union in Japan, insolvent at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 29.

N. Korea-linked credit union asks FRC for public funds

N. Korea-linked credit union asks FRC for public funds

TOKYO, Japan - The picture shows an aerial view of the headquarters of Chogin Kinki Shinyo Kumiai, the nation's largest pro-Pyongyang credit union, in Kobe, western Japan. Chogin Kinki, the third largest credit union in Japan with some 640 billion yen in deposits, asked the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) on Dec. 29 to replenish its depleted liquidity holdings under the financial-system revival law.

Ex-Chogin Kinki official grilled over financial probe

Ex-Chogin Kinki official grilled over financial probe

AMAGASAKI, Japan - An Jong Ji, former president of the Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, gets in a car in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 14 on his way to questioning by investigators. He is suspected of withholding information during a financial inspection of the Kobe-based failed credit union serving pro-Pyongyang Korean residents of Japan.

Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

TOKYO, Japan - Li Bom Rak (R), former chairman of the Korean Credit Unions' Association in Japan, leaves his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Dec. 5 with investigators for questioning. Li was arrested later in the day on suspicion of financially damaging Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, which collapsed in December last year.

Chogin Kinki raided for allegedly evading financial inspection

Chogin Kinki raided for allegedly evading financial inspection

KOBE, Japan - Police investigators enter the head office of Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative in Kobe's Nagata Ward on Sept. 26 to search for evidence in connection with the company's alleged evasion of an inspection by a financial authority last year. Chogin Kinki is the largest pro-Pyongyang credit union in Japan.

N. Korea-linked credit union asks FRC for public funds

N. Korea-linked credit union asks FRC for public funds

TOKYO, Japan - The picture shows an aerial view of the headquarters of Chogin Kinki Shinyo Kumiai, the nation's largest pro-Pyongyang credit union, in Kobe, western Japan. Chogin Kinki, the third largest credit union in Japan with some 640 billion yen in deposits, asked the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) on Dec. 29 to replenish its depleted liquidity holdings under the financial-system revival law.

FRC declares N. Korea-linked credit union insolvent

FRC declares N. Korea-linked credit union insolvent

OSAKA, Japan - An Chon Chi (R), director general of Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, the largest pro-Pyongyang credit union in Japan, speaks at a news conference in Osaka on Dec. 29 after his union was declared insolvent by the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC).