SEOUL: A shadowy group seeking to overthrow North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been thrust into the international spotlight after aat the North Korean embassy in Madrid named apparent members as suspects.
"Parties seeking to 'out' those in Madrid have painted a target on the backs of those seeking only to protect others," Cheollima Civil Defense said in a website post, apparently acknowledging for the first time its involvement in the raid."They have chosen to side with Pyongyang's criminal, totalitarian rulers over their victims."Advertisement
"It was too risky," said one South Korean human rights activist who previously worked with one of the suspects."Now that their identities are known, they won't be able to carry out activities as before.
Hong told a newspaper in the United Arab Emirates in 2011 that the Arab Spring uprisings then unfolding were"a dress rehearsal for North Korea". The website also began to sell"post-liberation blockchain visas" that can be bought with cryptocurrency, and on Mar 11 it claimed responsibility for defacing the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur.