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North Korean defectors. 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 "new settlers". Towards the end of the North Korean famine of the 1990s, there was a steep ...
James Joseph Dresnok. 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 ...
Operation Big Switch, the exchange of remaining prisoners of war, commenced in early August 1953, and lasted into December. 75,823 Communist fighters (70,183 North Koreans, 5,640 Chinese) were returned to their homelands. 12,773 U.N. soldiers (7,862 South Koreans, 3,597 Americans, and 946 British) were sent back south across the armistice line.
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 ...
A high-profile North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba has defected to the South, Seoul's spy agency has confirmed to the BBC. The political counselor is believed to be the highest-ranking North ...
Known for. Defection from North Korea. Lee Hyeon-seo ( Korean : 이현서, born January 1980), [ 1] best known for her book, The Girl with Seven Names, is a North Korean defector and activist who lives in Seoul, South Korea, [ 2] where she is a student. She escaped from North Korea and later guided her family out of North Korea through China ...
Oh Chong-song ( Korean : 오청성; born 1992 or 1993), also spelled Oh Chung-sung, [ 2] is a North Korean defector. Oh is one of several defectors who have defected to South Korea via the Joint Security Area (JSA). [ 3][ 4] Prior to his defection, Oh was an industrial engineer. [ 5] South Korean investigators concluded Oh "impulsively" defected.
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.