"Even if it's $1 billion, I'm not leaving. In the face of the British camera, a white ** "North Korean" talked eloquently, and what surprised the reporters even more was that this person was once an American soldier, but he chose to "voluntarily" join North Korea, what is the secret of this?
This "defector" American GI is Dreek, a poor man who has a frustrated life. Born in 1941, he was first abandoned by his original family and became a lonely orphan. Some families chose to adopt him, but the abusive life of beating and scolding made Dreek miserable.
Finally, Drek won the opportunity to serve in the military and said goodbye to his past life. But the failure of his marriage left Drake confused again. In 1962, Drek went to serve in the "Demilitarized Zone of North Korea", but he didn't care about military discipline and military orders at all.
With a little free time, Drek sneaked away to the local Fengyue place to fool around, but this life didn't last long before he was caught and warned by his superiors: "If you continue like this, wait for the court-martial !”
Drek panicked, tossed and turned at night, and couldn't sleep all night. Tragic childhood, failed marriage, army ...... without a sense of belongingDrek is determined to break the status quo, he wants to run away and jump out of the miserable life that binds him!
But where else could he escape?Drek hesitated, he couldn't escape back to the United States or South Korea, and sooner or later he would be captured by the army and court-martialed. And what about North Korea?To get to North Korea, Drake has to cross a minefield and may be shot ......
But he gritted his teeth and ran through the minefield. In fact, Drek is not the only American GI who has such thoughts. Four people had the intention of defecting and successfully set foot on the land of North Korea.
Here, it is not surprising that Dreek is treated as a spy, and the treatment is even more conceivable. In the eyes of the North Korean people, this white-** American is not welcome, and many people even show "hostility" towards him.
After spending four years in North Korea, Drek is mired in a long period of self-doubt about whether he can truly integrate into North KoreaLater, several American GIs who had fled to North Korea contacted the Soviet Embassy in North Korea and tried to ask them for asylum in order to get free.
However, the Soviet Union did not care about these American deserters at all, but directly handed them over to the North Korean **.
At this moment, Dreyke panicked, he won't be judged by North Korea!At that time, Dreek's body trembled like chaff, and he had almost begun to fantasize about the trial scene. However, North Korea is much more tolerant than they think......
Just as New China reformed political prisoners in the form of "merit forest", Drake came from the United States, and naturally had to undergo the ideological education of the DPRK and be reformed before he could integrate into the DPRK society.
After that, Drek began to really understand North Korea, learned the language, habits, customs and other aspects from the North Korean people, and really got rid of the identity of "American soldiers", and in 1972, he was approved by ** to become a real "North Korean citizen".
Compared to Drake's dark past, his life in North Korea can be described as "colorful". The wounds of history have been erased, and with the help of ** allowance, Drake has a career, a family, and two lovely sons to his family.
In 1978, when North Korea wanted to make a film that reflected history, Drek was invited to star in the role of a brutal American prisoner of war camp commander. The film was widely acclaimed, and Drake gradually entered the public eye and became a well-known film actor.
At this time, when Drek wandered down the street, almost no one looked at him with disdain. On the contrary, there will be North Korean people who take the initiative to greet him, which shows that Drake has truly completed his transformation.
After that, Drek worked in several film films, and then switched careers to English teaching and book translation. In the second half of his life in Pyongyang, Drek lived comfortably, and he was willing to end his life so peacefully.
Drake who retired in his later years took the pension issued by ** and trained his two children to become actors. Although they inherited their father's appearance, they can speak fluent Korean and refer to North Korea as "our country".
In 2016, Drake calmly closed his eyes and ended his unique life. After living in North Korea for more than 40 years, Drek has regarded this place as the "motherland", and no matter how good the life in the United States is, Drek has no time to envy him, and he has never left North Korea again.
Recalling their father's past, the two children were full of emotion: "It is the suffering from American society and the policies of the United States that have created such a unique experience for my father, and all the hardships are not what he wants." What do you think of such an American soldier who "defected" to North Korea?