James Dresnok: The US Soldier Who Defected to North Korea

During the Cold War, an American soldier named James Joseph Dresnok was stationed on the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. One day, he decided to simply walk over the line to the North. He was “defecting”; betraying his country and choosing to start a new life in an enemy land that he knew nothing about. →Subscribe for new videos four times per week. https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 Visit our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Shannon Quinn Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to biographics.email@gmail.com Other Biographics Videos: Frida Kahlo: World–Renowned Artist Who Overcame Polio https://youtu.be/FuhCy01YU3E Nikita Khrushchev – The Man Behind the Missile Crisis https://youtu.be/gjGLD8bx7Qo Source/Further reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2dCk3N8cE https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/09/korea.usa https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/21/american-soldier-james-dresnok-who-defected-to-north-korea-has-died-say-sons