脱走兵の死 - Living, Loving, Thinking, Again

Agence France-Presse “Sons confirm death of US soldier James Dresnok, who defected to North Korea” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/21/american-soldier-james-dresnok-who-defected-to-north-korea-has-died-say-sons

James Dresnokという平壌在住の米国人が昨年11月に享年74歳で亡くなったことを、その息子たちが北朝鮮のプロパガンダ・ヴィデオに出演して、明らかにした。彼は韓国駐留中の1962年に米軍を脱走し、38度線を渡った。彼の死によって、北朝鮮に残る米軍の脱走兵はいなくなったとされる。ヴィデオに登場する２人の息子は北朝鮮亡命後に現地女性との間に生まれた。

In a video interview posted on the state-run Uriminzokkiri website, Ted and James Dresnok, his two sons, confirmed their father had a fatal stroke in November last year.
“Our father was in the arms of the republic and received only the love and care of the party until his passing at age 74,” said Ted Dresnok, the elder of the two.
In the video, Dresnok and his brother wore a Korean People’s army uniform, adorned with a badge depicting the North’s founder Kim Il-sung and his son and successor Kim Jong-il.
Both men were born in North Korea and spoke Korean with a heavy northern accent.
“Our father asked us to render devoted service to our great leader Kim Jong-un,” said Ted Dresnok, who also goes by the Korean name Hong Soon-chol.
Their comments were similar to those of North Koreans, who normally only express officially approved sentiments when speaking for a foreign audience.

2008年にはマーク・セルデン氏*1のインタヴューを受けている；

Mark Selden “'The Dear Leader takes care of me'” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/sep/09/korea.usa

この中には、米軍脱走兵としては後輩に当たる（後に曽我ひとみさんの夫となる）チャールズ・ロバート・ジェンキンス *2の話も出てくる。

*2:See eg. 「ジェンキンスさん（拉致被害者・曽我さんの夫）の現在2017」http://anohitoha-ima.main.jp/post-397/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Robert_Jenkins https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9