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In June 2002, 17 North Korean defectors were reportedly captured by Vietnamese border forces and deported to China. [121] [122] 5 North Korean defectors who surrendered to the Ho Chi Minh City police in May 2004 in an appeal to go to South Korea were reportedly deported to China by Vietnamese authorities on 16 June. [123]
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.
Roy Chung – American defector to North Korea (c. 1957 – c. 2004) James Joseph Dresnok – American defector to North Korea; Charles Robert Jenkins – American Army defector (1940–2017) Jerry Wayne Parrish – American defector to North Korea; Otto Warmbier – American college student imprisoned in North Korea (1994–2017)
Wilson was one of five American defectors who never went beyond the eighth grade as a child. He was captured in 1950, during the first days of the Chinese-led counteroffensive that stymied UN gains on territory held by the North Koreans. His lack of education and three years of indoctrination are cited as reasons for his decision to stay. [1]
Jerry Wayne Parrish (March 10, 1944 – August 25, 1998), also known by his Korean name Kim Yu-il, [1] was a United States Army corporal who was one of seven American soldiers to defect to North Korea, four of them during the 1960s, in the years after the Korean War.
Americans in North Korea consist mainly of defectors and prisoners of war during and after the Korean War, as well as their locally born descendants.Additionally, there are occasional tours and group travel which consist of Americans via train or plane from China, some with temporary lodging and stay.
This category is for North Korean defector individuals or groups of people. ... Pages in category "North Korean defectors" The following 54 pages are in this category ...
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