Bradley Hope: Inside the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
How did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive?
Journalist Bradley Hope chronicles the heart-pounding tale of Adrian Hong, a self-taught operative who tried to bring down the North Korean regime.
In addition to helping asylum-seeking North Koreans escape across the border, Hong and his secret organization Cheollima Civil Defense (later named Free Joseon), began tracking the North Korean government’s activities and its volatile third-generation ruler, Kim Jong-un.
Hear more about the high-stakes events that led Hong to become one of the world’s most unlikely fugitives.
Photo by Tom Trevatt Photography.
The Commonwealth Club of California
United States
Bradley Hope
Co-founder, Project Brazen; Author, The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
Quentin Hardy
Head of Editorial, Google Cloud—Moderator