{"id":446170,"date":"2017-12-12T08:29:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T08:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/12\/charles-jenkins-us-soldier-who-defected-to-north-korea-dies\/"},"modified":"2017-12-12T08:29:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T08:29:24","slug":"charles-jenkins-us-soldier-who-defected-to-north-korea-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/12\/charles-jenkins-us-soldier-who-defected-to-north-korea-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Jenkins: US soldier who defected to North Korea dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A former US sergeant who defected to North Korea and became Pyongyang\u2019s prisoner for nearly 40 years has died.<\/p>\n

Charles Jenkins, 77, lived in Japan where he had settled with his family after his 2004 release.<\/p>\n

He was among four US soldiers who defected in the 1960s and later became North Korean film stars, but was the only one who was released.<\/p>\n

The others reportedly died in North Korea,\u00a0including James Dresnok who was said to have died of a stroke in 2016.<\/p>\n

Charles Jenkins died on Sado island on Monday, where he was living with his wife Hitomi Soga, also a former prisoner of North Korea.<\/p>\n

He collapsed outside his home, Japanese media reports said, and later died of heart problems in hospital. His wife said in a statement that she was \u201cvery surprised\u201d by his death and \u201ccannot think of anything\u201d, according to AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC<\/p>\n

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