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This list names the 22 United Nations soldiers and prisoners of war (one Briton and 21 Americans) who declined repatriation to the United Kingdom and United States after the Korean War in favour of remaining in China, and their subsequent fates. Also listed are soldiers who defected to North Korea.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of notable defectors from North Korea to South Korea. In total, as of 2016, 31,093 North Korean defectors had entered South Korea. By 2020 the number had grown to about 33,000. The dates shown below are the dates that the ...
James Joseph Dresnok (Korean: 제임스 조지프 드레스녹, November 24, 1941 – November 2016) was an American defector to North Korea, one of seven U.S. soldiers to defect after the Korean War. After defecting, Dresnok worked as an actor in propaganda films, some directed by Kim Jong Il, [2] and as an English teacher in Pyongyang.
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South Korea: 1948: North Korea [11] Kim Sun-nam: Composer: South Korea: 1948: North Korea [12] George Koval: Atomic spy: United States: 1948: Soviet Union James McMillin: United States Army cryptographer: United States: 1948: Soviet Union Pyo Mu-won: Republic of Korea Army: South Korea: 1948: North Korea [11] Albert Clavier: French Army: France ...
SEOUL, South Korea — Few people understand what may be going through the minds of North Korean soldiers fighting and dying for Russia in the war against Ukraine. But Lee Chul Eun is one of them ...
List of American and British defectors in the Korean War: the 21 Americans and 1 Briton who refused repatriation during Operation Big Switch in 1953 (to remain in China) Roy Chung, deserted in June 1979; Joseph T. White (1961–1985) of St Louis, Missouri, deserted in August 1982 at age 20
This school is supposed to prepare North Korean defectors for the real world. But some say it does little to help – and the system needs an overhaul. Inside the school teaching North Korean ...