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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.
Hanja. 脫北者, 脫北民. Revised Romanization. talbukja, talbungmin. McCune–Reischauer. t'albukcha, t'albungmin. People defect from North Korea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are referred to by several terms, including "northern refugees " and ...
October 2, 2024 at 6:56 AM. Defectors seeking to return to the North are rare. [Getty Images] South Korean police have detained a North Korean defector for attempting to cross the heavily-guarded ...
Yeonmi Park. Yeonmi Park (Korean: 박연미; born October 4, 1993) is a North Korean defector, YouTuber, author, and American conservative activist, described as "one of the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". [3] She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United States.
September 20, 2024 at 8:48 PM. By Kanishka Singh. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Army Private Travis King, who last year ran into North Korea and was taken into custody there, was sentenced on Friday ...
October 1, 2024 at 6:57 AM. SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean defector living in South Korea was detained on Tuesday after ramming a stolen bus into a barricade on a bridge near the heavily ...
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.
Shin Dong-hyuk (born Shin In Geun, 19 November 1982 or 1980 [ 2 ]) is a North Korean -born human rights activist. He claims to be the only prisoner to have successfully escaped from a "total-control zone" grade internment camp in North Korea. His biography, Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the ...