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James Joseph Dresnok (Korean: 제임스 조새프 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.
An American Dream : The Life of an African American Soldier and POW Who Spent Twelve Years in Communist China, by Clarence Adams. ISBN 978-1-55849-595-1. Frederick, Jim, "In from the Cold", Time, 4 November 2004. Zweiback, Adam J. (1998). "The 21 "Turncoat Gis": Nonrepatriations and the Political Culture of the Korean War". The Historian.
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.
Charles Robert Jenkins (18 February 1940 – 11 December 2017) was a United States Army deserter, North Korean prisoner, and voice for Japanese abductees in North Korea. Driven by fear of combat and possible service in the Vietnam War, then- Sergeant Jenkins abandoned his patrol and walked across the Korean Demilitarized Zone in January 1965.
Travis Travale King (born c. 2000) is a United States Army soldier known for crossing over the Military Demarcation Line in the Joint Security Area (JSA) into North Korea on July 18, 2023, while on a civilian tour of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). [ 1 ][ 2 ] He was 23 years old at the time of his crossing into North Korea.
List of American and British defectors in the Korean War; Retrieved from "https: ...
No Kŭm-sŏk. 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. [3][4] Under colonial rule, No was required to adopt a Japanese name, Okamura Kiyoshi. [3 ...
In 1950, a North Korean invasion began the Korean War, which saw extensive U.S.-led U.N. intervention in support of the South, while the North received support from China and from the Soviet Union. The United States entered the war led by president Harry S. Truman, and ended the war led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, who took over from Truman in ...