20.07.2012, 11:48
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/21/world/....html?_r=1
Kim Song-min, a North Korean defector in Seoul, said he and fellow defectors formed a “statue demolition society” in late 2010.
“I thought that destroying Kim Il-sung statues was the spark needed to trigger a democracy movement in North Korea,” he said. “But we never put our plan into action.”
He said he only met Mr. Jon once, around last fall, but did not trust him. Mr. Kim suspected that Mr. Jon was one of a growing number of North Korean defectors interested in making money by smuggling information and defectors out of the North.
Kim Song-min, a North Korean defector in Seoul, said he and fellow defectors formed a “statue demolition society” in late 2010.
“I thought that destroying Kim Il-sung statues was the spark needed to trigger a democracy movement in North Korea,” he said. “But we never put our plan into action.”
He said he only met Mr. Jon once, around last fall, but did not trust him. Mr. Kim suspected that Mr. Jon was one of a growing number of North Korean defectors interested in making money by smuggling information and defectors out of the North.