Adrian Hong

Adrian Hong is an activist dedicated to classical music education, Libyan refugees, and the overthrow of the North Korean state, based in the US. He serves as managing director of the political group Free Joseon and was previously head of Pegasus Strategies LLC, "a strategic advisory firm." His commentary calling attention to North Korean human rights abuses has been published in many American newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times. In 2012 he was the co-recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant.

Hong was the co-founder and Executive Director of Liberty in North Korea (LiNK), an international NGO devoted to human rights in North Korea. In May 2006, LINK helped arrange the first asylum to be given to North Korean refugees by the US.

Hong was arrested and deported from China for his efforts to help North Korean refugees living in the country illegally.

In 2009, his work with Liberty in North Korea appears to have ended, according to a statement from that group in 2019. Hong was selected as a TED fellow.

In 2011, he travelled to Libya to "help open the door for the evacuation of tens of thousands of injured civilians and provide them with urgent medical care in Jordan." He also co-founded the group Street Symphony with another TED fellow, Robert Vijay Gupta.

In February 2019, Hong was charged by Spanish authorities along with other perpetrators for invading North Korean embassy and assaulting the staff during Raid on North Korea's embassy in Madrid.