The scandal has prompted hundreds of thousands to protest on the streets and pushed the government to the brink of collapse after calls for Park’s resignation.

Many who escaped the horrors of the North Korean regime for a safe haven in the south now feel that their security is slipping away.

“I’ve lost my appetite I’m so worried, and I’m not alone,” said Heung Kwang Kim, the head of the group North Korean Intellectuals Solidarity.

For Kim, who arrived south in 2004, one of the major fears is that the regime could use “cyber warfare” to try to incite the so far peaceful protests to become violent.