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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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Both sides have recognized the propaganda value of defectors, even immediately after the Division of Korea in 1945. Since then, the number of defectors has been used by both the North and the South (see North Korean defectors) to try to prove the superiority of their respective political systems (the country of destination).
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]
Two 93-year-old Korean War veterans' paths crossed in battle. Now a writer has connected them again and will tell their stories. ... The hill was part of a strategic area of the United Nation's ...
List of Korean War Air National Guard Mobilizations ... List of border incidents involving North and South Korea; D. List of American and British defectors in the ...