The Kurashiki city government in Okayama Prefecture has withdrawn permission for an opera troupe affiliated to the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan to use its citizen's hall in the wake of North Korea's declared nuclear test, officials of the city government said Monday.

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