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Shadowy group plotting Kim Jong-un’s overthrow raided a North Korean embassy in broad daylight

    Masked assailants infiltrated compound in Madrid, Spain, tied staff up with rope, stole computers and phones, and fled in two luxury vehicles
    Experts say devices seized are a treasure trove of information that foreign intelligence agencies are likely to seek out

The Washington Post
Published: 6:27am, 16 Mar, 2019

Days before US President Donald Trump was set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam, a mysterious incident in Spain threatened to derail the entire high-stakes nuclear summit.

In broad daylight, masked assailants infiltrated North Korea’s embassy in Madrid, restrained the staff with rope, stole computers and mobile phones, and fled in two luxury vehicles.

The group behind the late February operation is known as Cheollima Civil Defence, a secretive dissident organisation committed to overthrowing the Kim dynasty, people familiar with the planning and execution of the mission told The Washington Post.

Read more at: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3001966/shadowy-group-plotting-kim-jong-uns-overthrow-raided-north

Happened before the Summit in Vietnam? But, in Spain??

The group per article is called "Cheollima", wikipedia has a Chollima, it is some sort of mythical horse over there in Korea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chollima

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A Chollima (also Qianlima , Senrima , or Cheollima , literally "thousand-mile horse") is a mythical winged horse that originates from the Chinese classics and is commonly portrayed in East Asian mythology. This winged horse is said to be too swift and elegant to be mounted (by any mortal man).




Some story.



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