y Pérez International organization secretary: Mana Sapmak International communication secretary: Carlos Luna International Self-Elected Secretariat: Cory Ray Pope Giles-d'Leeuw International commissar: Trever Aritz Some of the most active members are Dermot Hudson, the Official Delegate in the United Kingdom who has been a part of KFA since its beginning, and Trevor Spencer, the Official Delegate in Canada who is an active political writer and commentator. Only one person has four countries as Zone delegate, Ulrich Larsen from Denmark. Larsen is the Zone delegate in Scandinavia, meaning that he is in charge of Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Larsen is known for making films about North Korea on YouTube for propaganda use. In October 2020 it was unveiled that Larsen has been working undercover in the KFA for ten years to uncover the secret criminal activities that North Korea and Alejandro Cao de Benós are using the KFA for. Both Hudson and Larsen have been awarded medals by the North Korean government. Criticism NK News describes the KFA as "one of the DPRK's primary tools of soft power within its global propaganda network". In 2005 journalist David Scofield of Asia Times called members of KFA "useful idiots" and described the organization as follows: The group's activities include "information" seminars where the enlightened benevolence of Kim's rule is championed, all part of its "alternative" view of the North. The ragged wretched displays of poverty and starvation are edited out and the voice of North Koreans not in the direct employ of Kim Jong-il are conspicuously absent. In place of uncomfortable reality, the KFA offers vacation photos of "their" North Korea taken during recent, state-supported visits, complete with bowling, golf, amusement parks and Karaoke with young female party members. Members write glowing pieces, oblations celebrating Kim Jong-il's wise rule. No starving people, torture, summary execution, penury or despair in the Korean Friendship Association's North Korea. Just golf, great meals and evenings in the company of Kim Jong-il's beauties. A 2015 investigation by NK News found the commercial practices and integrity of the KFA to be in question. According to Hazel Smith of Cranfield University, KFA associations have lost much of their original role as part of an international socialist movement. Today, they are reduced to serving domestic purposes of North Korea. On 11 October 2020 it was revealed that the KFA delegate for the Scandinavian countries, Ulrich Larsen, had been working as a