The End of Chongryon?
I’d previously mentioned that Chongryon, North Korea’s fifth column organization in Japan, was forced to “sell” its de facto embassy in Tokyo. As it turns out, the sale was a fraudulent scheme assisted by Japanese sympathizers, without consideration, to evade seizure by the authorities. Japanese authorities have since voided the transaction, and, according to Yonhap, approved the seizure of the building. We also know more about why Chongryon is dying. I was aware that some adverse tax judgments by the...