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    After Madrid Embassy Raid, North Korean Defector Group Vows More Action

    The group's leader is "less like the leader of a civic group, and more like a soldier on a battlefield, bold and combative," says a defector who has worked with him. "He's a very charismatic leader."
    by Anthony Kuhn Apr 02, 2019 3 minutes
    The North Korean flag is flown at Madrid's North Korean embassy, which was was raided in February.

    They are not widely known. And their chances at achieving their stated aim — overthrowing the North Korean government — are believed to be slim at best.

    Yet the defector group that calls itself Free Joseon (Free North Korea) could be the first organization to have successfully infiltrated a North Korean diplomatic mission.

    Last week, Free Joseon claimed responsibility for a Feb. 22 raid on Pyongyang's embassy in Madrid. Ten intruders armed with knives and replica pistols entered the embassy, according to Spanish authorities.

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