The head of Chongryon, the most influential pro-North Korean body in Japan, wrapped up his first trip to Pyongyang in eight years Tuesday.
Ho Jong Man, head of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, as Chongryon is otherwise known, was hoping to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during his one-month stay, but he was tight-lipped at Beijing Airport when he flew there from Pyongyang.
"This is just a transit place. I will speak (to reporters) when I go back to Tokyo," Ho, a member of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, said.