A delegation of the pro-Pyongyang federation of Korean residents in Japan visited the Tokyo headquarters of Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun on Monday to lodge a complaint against recent coverage about North Korea.

The complaint was a response to a January 26 report by Asahi Shimbun which alleged that a wide-ranging execution of Jang Song Thaek’s aides is being continued in North Korea and that society is becoming more unstable following a Kim Jong Un orchestrated crackdown on dissent.

In the meeting with officials from Asahi, the delegation of General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) claimed that the Japanese newspaper’s report