Many of its current activities have been limited to information warfare including balloon drops, and smuggling various kinds of media to North Korea.
The North Korean People's Liberation Front announced a plan in 2012 to launch a political party.
[8] North Korean People's Liberation Front has been called the most militant defectors' organization.
[5] Members of the North Korean People's Liberation Front often dress in camouflage uniforms, sunglasses and berets and carry plastic weapons in public rallies.
[citation needed] The group has petitioned the South Korean government to allow them to form their own army division.
[10] North Korean People's Liberation Front primarily engages in information warfare rather than overt actions to topple the government.
[5][9][11] Balloon drops — containing candy, pornographic pictures and propaganda leaflets — were previously performed by the South Korean government, but since the Sunshine Policy under the Kim Dae-jung administration, the balloon drops have been done only unofficially under human rights and defector groups.
[4][9][14] In 2010, they uncovered a plan by the North Korean National Security Council to disrupt the G20 summit in Seoul.
[4] Hankuk University of Foreign Studies professor Namkung Young says that members of the organization know the North Korean situation well, but they should be more realistic with their goals.
[1] Jang Se-yul supported the claims that the North Korean state was behind the Sony hacking incident.
[16] North Korean People's Liberation Front member Kim Seong-min believes that three companies of ex-military members could be serving in the South Korean military, if South Korea allowed them to officially join the military.
[5] Jang Se-yul studied in Mirim University, and subsequently served as a hacker for the North Korean military.