Korean Friendship Association

Korean Friendship Association
AbbreviationKFA
FormationNovember 2000 (2000-11)
PurposeOfficial government cultural liaison agency for North Korea
Location
  • Spain
Region served
World
Membership
17,000[1]
Official language
English
President
Alejandro Cao de Benós de Les y Pérez
AffiliationsGovernment of North Korea
World Anti-Imperialist Platform[2]
(Belgian branch)
RemarksHymn: Song of National Defense[3]

The Korean Friendship Association (KFA, Spanish: Asociación de Amistad con Corea; Korean: 조선과의 친선협회) is a Spain-based friendship association with North Korea. The KFA was established in November 2000.[4] It operates in 120 countries and has an Official Delegate in 34 countries.

Its president, Spanish citizen Alejandro Cao de Benós de Les y Pérez, is the only person paid a salary. Fees collected by the KFA are generally deposited in accounts in his name around Europe.[5]

  1. ^ "KFAUK - Korean Friendship Association UK". Korean Friendship Association UK. UK KFA is part of the worldwide Korean Friendship Association which has over 17,000 members worldwide with new members joining all the time. We are the genuine pro-DPRK solidarity organisation that defends the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the land of Juche!access-date=July 20, 2023
  2. ^ "Statement about the solidarity with peoples of Serbia against imperialist occupation of Kosovo". World Anti-Imperialist Platform. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Official KFA Hymn Song of National Defence". KFA Official Twitter Account. April 22, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2013.
  4. ^ James, Alexander (29 January 2012). "'Useful Idiots'? The curious case of Britain's pro-North Korean Community". NK News. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Capitalist credentials: N. Korea sympathizer group's huge profit on access to country". NK News. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 2016-01-13.