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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 ...
No Kum-sok (Korean: 노금석; January 10, 1932 – December 26, 2022) [1] [2] was a North Korean-born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War.
On December 3, 1952, a South Korean Army Aviator student, 2nd Lt. Kug Yong-am, defected with his L-19 51–4794 to Pyongyang, North Korea. In October 1953, a South Korean pilot-instructor Capt. Kim Sung-bai defected with an F-51 Mustang fighter plane to North Korea. On January 20, 1954, a South Korean pilot 2nd Lieutenant Choi Mai-chong ...
Up to 600 North Koreans have "vanished" after being forcibly deported by China in October, a Seoul-based human rights group said on Thursday, warning they may face imprisonment, torture, sexual ...
The number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years, authorities said Thursday – including a higher number of youth and members of ...
The defection of the pilot would be articulated to the global audience that the pilot fled from the perils of Communism and a totalitarian regime for freedom in South Korea. [14] The operation would also create North Korean and Chinese trepidation and mistrust of their pilots.
Lee, 38, a North Korean defector and former soldier now living in South Korea, said it is “devastating” to see troops from the reclusive, communist-ruled North being sent abroad by leader Kim ...
North Korean defectors must first enter the North Korean Refugee Protection Center, or Hanawon, run by the National Intelligence Service for investigation when they leave North Korea and enter the Republic of Korea. The interrogation process is conducted in conjunction with the National Intelligence Service, the Ministry of Unification, the ...