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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Yeonmi Park ( Korean: 박연미; born 4 October 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.
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 ...
The first North Korean Defectors' Day festival was held in Seoul on July 14, 2024, and was attended mostly by North Korean defectors, although some South Koreans attended as well. [3] [6] The festival included performances of North Korean music, as well as displays of North Korean items brought to South Korea by defectors. [3] [6] Defector ...
No Geum-seok. McCune–Reischauer. No Kŭm-sŏk. No Kum-sok ( Korean : 노금석; January 10, 1932 – December 26, 2022) [ 1][ 2] was a North Korean-born American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. [ 3][ 4] Under colonial rule, No was required to ...