This week on Whale Hunting, we're bringing you a special episode from Project Brazen's archives that asks: How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive? Whale Hunting host Bradley Hope first met Adrian Hong in 2011. In this audio short, Bradley recounts his first meeting with Adrian, a Yale drop-out who led an underground organization working to undermine Kim Jong-un's regime by helping top North Korean diplomats defect. After a fake kidnapping of a top North Korean diplomat in Madrid went awry, a wanted poster for Adrian was circulated by the U.S. Marshals, sending him into hiding.

Bradley talks with Christopher Ahn, the only person to be arrested after the botched kidnapping. Christopher’s life has been upturned in the aftermath of the Madrid incident, and he is currently fighting extradition to Spain. To learn more about the unbelievable story of Adrian, Christopher and Free Joseon, visit www.rebelandthekingdom.com or find The Rebel and The Kingdom online and in all good bookshops.

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