Jenkins became an unlikely celebrity in Japan after his wife, a victim of the regime's cold war abductions, was freed in 2002 Charles Jenkins, a US soldier who defected to North Korea and later married a Japanese victim of the regime's cold war abductions, has died in Japan aged 77. Jenkins, a native of North Carolina, became an unlikely celebrity in Japan after his wife, Hitomi Soga, was freed by North Korea in 2002 and returned to her her native country. Two years later, he and the couple's tw...
Charles Jenkins, US soldier who defected to North Korea, dies at 77
The Guardian - 12 Dec 2017 05:06
Jenkins became an unlikely celebrity in Japan after his wife, a victim of the regime's cold war abductions, was freed in 2002 Charles Jenkins, a US soldier who defected to North Korea and later married a Japanese victim of the regime's cold war abductions, has died in Japan aged 77. Jenkins, a native of North Carolina, became an unlikely celebrity in Japan after his wife, Hitomi Soga, was freed by North Korea in 2002 and returned to her her native country. Two years later, he and the couple's tw...
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