When the first American soldier defected to North Korea | NK News
nknews.org · 151 words · saved by 1 readers
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…
saved by
related reading
- Last American soldier who defected to North Korea is dead, sons say | CNNcnn.com
- James Joseph Dresnok - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- One-Half Revolution and Everything Turns Red: ANDREAS GURSKY in North Korea | 032cmagazine.032c.com
- Most of America Opposed the Moon Landingnewsletter.pessimistsarchive.org
- America and Public Disorderwalkingtheworld.substack.com
- lessons from 2 years as a conscripted soldier.substack.com
- Blue House raid - Wikipediam.wikipedia.org
- North Korea pushes traditional medicine to fight COVID-19 | AP Newsapnews.com
- 北朝鮮におけるピザja.wikipedia.org
- Berlin Wall - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
- Korean Zeitgeist - Exporting soft power through miseryterminaldrift.substack.com
- Reading Lolita in the Barracks—Asteriskasteriskmag.com