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When the first American soldier defected to North Korea | NK News

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This day in history the first U.S. soldier defected to North Korea in history. This Day in the History of the DPRK May 28, JUCHE 50 (1962)

Evergreen "The people in North Korea are enjoying freedom and happiness inaccessible to the working people of the United States" Conelrod blog Private First Class Larry Allen Abshier made a decision of incomprehensible permanence on May 28, 1962. Just 19-years old, he took off into the minefield-laden abyss of the Korean DMZ, running northward with reckless abandon. Stunned, American soldiers watched Abshier—the first U.S. soldier to defect to North Korea since the Korean War—disappear into a new life from which he would never return. On June 13, North Korean radio announced Abshier’s…

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