After reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s late half-brother Kim Jong-nam, who was assassinated in 2017, had been a CIA asset, President Trump weighed in while taking questions from the press while en route to Marine One. The president said he had received a “beautiful letter” from Kim, and called the North Korean...
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FT: Kim Jong Un’s Murdered Half-Brother Was ‘In Contact’ with CIA
The claims came ahead of the publication on Tuesday of The Great Successor, a portrait of Kim Jong Un by Anna Fifield, a Washington Post reporter, that says the deceased Kim brother was an informant for the CIA. The Wall Street Journal on Monday also said he had been a CIA source. Source: Kim Jong...
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Why to Be Wary of Reporting on North Korea
Shut out of North Korea, many news organizations want to believe the worst about the country ruled by Kim Jong-un. Last week, for example, Chosun Ilbo, a conservative South Korean daily, reported that Kim had ordered the execution of former nuclear envoy Kim Hyok-chol, and imprisoned former spymaster, Kim Yong-chol. The alleged reason: the failure...
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Did the CIA Orchestrate an Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Spain?
Tim Shorrock adds new details to the ever more interesting story of Adrian Hong , the former Ted Talk host and alleged ringleader of the Feb. 22 invasion of the North Korean embassy in Spain. Shorrock focuses on Lee Wolosky, Hong’s lawyer. He’s a former national security adviser to Presidents Bush and Obama and leader...
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TED Fellow Allegedly Led Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Madrid
Six years ago, human rights activist Adrian Hong commanded the stage at a TEDGlobal event in Scotland. As a guest host, the 27-year-old Yale graduate moderated a group discussion on “Forces of Change” highlighting what he called “the strong movements, energies and people that are driving major shifts in the world, particularly in Africa and...