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'''Free Joseon''' ({{korean|자유조선}}; formerly known as '''Cheollima Civil Defense''', formally styled as '''The Provisional Government of Free Joseon''') is a group established on March 4, 2017. It has been noted for protecting [[Kim Han-sol]], the son of [[Kim Jong-nam]], since the [[Assassination of Kim Jong-nam|assassination of his father]].<ref>{{cite web |title=[Newsmaker] Group claims establishment of NK provisional government |date=March 1, 2019 |work=[[The Korea Herald]] |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190301000072 |access-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306174844/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190301000072 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shadowy group declares 'government-in-exile' for North Korea |date=March 1, 2019 |work=[[France24]] |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190301-shadowy-group-declares-government-exile-north-korea |access-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306113315/https://www.france24.com/en/20190301-shadowy-group-declares-government-exile-north-korea |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It is also known to support [[North Korean defectors]] who want to leave [[North Korea]].<ref>{{cite web | last1=Hope | first1=Bradley | last2=Lyons | first2=John | last3=Gale | first3=Alastair | title=Inside the Secretive Group Trying to Bring Down North Korea’s Regime | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-covert-group-threatening-to-bring-down-north-korea-11585923813 | date=April 3, 2020 | work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | accessdate=April 4, 2020}}</ref> On March 1, 2019, "Cheollima Civil Defense" was renamed to "Free Joseon", which is also its proposed name for North Korea if it overthrows its current government.
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On March 1, 2019, Free Joseon issued the "Declaration for a Free Joseon". Within this declaration, Free Joseon enumerated nine accusations against the [[Kim dynasty (North Korea)|Kim regime]] in North Korea. These ranged from accusations of torture and [[terrorism]] to failures to provide food for the people of North Korea. By virtue of these accusations, Free Joseon declared the Kim regime an illegitimate government and proclaimed itself to be the true representative government of the people of North Korea: "We declare on this day the establishment of Free Joseon, a [[provisional government]] preparing the foundations for a future nation built upon respect for principles of [[human rights]] and [[humanitarianism]], holding sacred a manifest dignity for every woman, man, and child. We declare this entity the sole legitimate representative of the Korean people of the north." The declaration continues on by calling upon resistance to the Kim regime of those who currently live under its rule and for Koreans abroad to lend their support to Free Joseon.<ref>https://www.cheollimacivildefense.org/?page=5</ref>
==Activities==
{{Expand section|1= evacuation and protection of [[Kim Han-sol]] in 2017, and several instances of supporting [[North Korean defectors]] |section=1|date=June 2021|small=no}}
On 15 March 2019, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that Free Joseon was involved in the February 22 [[raid on North Korea's embassy in Madrid|incident at North Korea's embassy in Madrid]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A shadowy group trying to overthrow Kim Jong Un allegedly raided a North Korean embassy in broad daylight |work=Washington Post |date=March 15, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-shadowy-group-trying-to-overthrow-kim-jong-un-raided-a-north-korean-embassy-in-broad-daylight/2019/03/15/ae4208a4-c451-4886-b608-f5ac1f182d3d_story.html |access-date=March 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316041849/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-shadowy-group-trying-to-overthrow-kim-jong-un-raided-a-north-korean-embassy-in-broad-daylight/2019/03/15/ae4208a4-c451-4886-b608-f5ac1f182d3d_story.html |archive-date=March 16, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Group seeking to overthrow Kim behind North Korea embassy raid in Spain: Washington Post |work=[[Reuters]] |date=March 16, 2019 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-dissidents/group-seeking-to-overthrow-kim-behind-north-korea-embassy-raid-in-spain-washington-post-idUSKCN1QW2ZL |access-date=March 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317052910/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-dissidents/group-seeking-to-overthrow-kim-behind-north-korea-embassy-raid-in-spain-washington-post-idUSKCN1QW2ZL |archive-date=March 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Spanish media linked several participants in an alleged raid to the CIA.<ref>
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