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.

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Author - Shannon Quinn
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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