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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.
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.
According to a recent survey, about 56% of the North Korean defectors are influenced by one or more types of psychological disorders. [139] 93% of surveyed North Korean defectors identify food and water shortages and no access to medical care and, thus, constant illness as the most common types of their traumatic experiences preceding PTSD. [139]
More than 100 North Koreans have gone missing after being caught by secret police while trying to defect from the isolated country or even for trying to call relatives in South Korea, a Seoul ...
Kim Kuk-song (Korean: 김국성) is the pseudonym of a North Korean defector. He served for 30 years in North Korean intelligence agencies and rose to the rank of senior colonel. Kim defected to South Korea following the execution of Jang Song-thaek with whom he had political connections. Following the defection he provided information on a ...
North Korean authorities released a video of White, in which he denounced the United States' "corruptness, criminality, immorality, weakness, and hedonism," affirming he had defected to demonstrate how "unjustifiable [it was] for the U.S. to send troops to South Korea", [8] before leading a chant in homage to North Korean leader Kim Il Sung. [5]
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 ...
Yeonmi Park, who fled from poverty and famine in North Korea in 2007 and criticized "woke" culture in a visit to the University of Iowa on Tuesday night.