I'd take a wild guess and say @Snowden was in NK as CIA OP. NK was a place where deepstate can easily grant border crossigs to @Snowden.
When Clowns realized NK is not a safe place for @Snowden any more.
He arrived China, HK not long before the NK+SK news revealed.
Another wild guess: @Snowden is the key for or against the internet censorship. So in order to weaken his position Q team needed to cut all the strings at NK.
After this Q posted multiple photos of @Snowden's exact location, but it was't meant for us really. It was meant to make @Snowden to run and be scared.
So now strings cut, he is scared Q team will give him an offer A/B or C and he has 24 hours to decide. Maybe we will see the answer on Twitter.
Third wild guess: So the stage was set by revealing SK+NK news. This is the starter to get to @Snowden and through him arrange the IBOR in time. When the internet comm will be free Q team will release the bomb they have on HRC and all the others….