U.S. soldiers across the North Korea and South Korea entered North Korea. Although it is extremely rare, it is not the first time.There are currently about six times recorded in the case, all of which occurred between 1962 and 1982. The following are three cases.
1982: Joseph T. White
After the first -class soldier of the US Army in South Korea, after the early shift in 1982, the M16 rifle crossed the military division and entered North Korea.According to the South Korean Times, White opened the lock at the gate of the non -military region (DMZ) separated by the Korean Peninsula at the time, and then surrendered to the Korean army.
North Korea later claimed that White had defeated, but Pyongyang refused to meet his request for the United Nations Command.A US military spokesman later admitted that White voluntarily entered North Korea.
In a video released by North Korea, White condemned the United States and praised North Korea and the then North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.
The Washington Post reported that White's parents later received a handwriting letter believed by their son.In the letter, he revealed that he had become a teacher and had a good time in North Korea.
In 1985, White died during swimming in the Qingchuanjiang River, and informed his family to his family.
1964: Charles Robert Jenkins
In 1964, Chinese Jenkins escaped the team into North Korea while performing patrol mission in the non -military region.He later regretted his defective behavior and explained in the military court that he was at that time to escape the dangerous tasks in South Korea and went to Vietnam to fight.He also said that he drank 10 bottles of beer before the incident.
Jenkins later lived in North Korea for nearly 40 years, taught English in a military school, and later played the "evil Americans" in a series of political propaganda films in 20 episodes.
Jenkins married Hitomi Soga, who was abducted to North Korea in 1980, and later had two women.
In 2002, five kids such as Tong Tong were returned to Japan, but Jenkins and two daughters continued to stay in North Korea.In July 2004, Jenkins and his daughter left North Korea, reunited with Zeng I have been in Indonesia, and then went to Japan.
In September of the same year, Jenkins surrendered to Tokyo ’s US military base in Japan.
Later, the Jenkins family settled in Niigata County, the hometown of Zeng Tong.Jenkins died in 2017 at the age of 77.
1962: James Joseph Dresnok
The first -class soldier Dresnk entered North Korea through the non -military region in 1962. At that time, Dresnock, who was only 21 years old, dated a woman for a pseudonym signed by the boss and faced a military court trial.
Dresnock later crossed the border in the UK. It tells how he passed through the minefield to enter North Korea. He also described that he and Jenkins and two other US deserted Ambal (LARARYABSHIER) and Jerry Parrish have lived an isolated life for several years.
The four deserters were finally allocated independent apartment in 1972 and were national citizenship.Dresnock later taught English in university and translated articles for the North Korean side.
Dresnock later played the chairman of the joint meeting of the U.S. Chiefs of Staff in the North Korean film duel describing the 1968 "Pweblo incident", and has a certain reputation in North Korea.
Dresnock has married twice in North Korea and gave birth to three sons.
In 2016, Dresnock, known as "North Korea's last American deserter", died in Pyongyang at the age of 74.The news of his death was disclosed in an interview with American journalists in August 2017 by his two sons.