1960s American defector to North Korea dies in Japan aged 77

A former American soldier who defected to North Korea in the 1960s has died in Japan.

Charles Jenkins crossed into the North while he was stationed in South Korea in 1965 to escape military service in the US Army.

Our correspondent Giles Gibson has more:

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