Strange Tale of Last American Defector to North Korea

. . . [T]he sound of a single gunshot shattered the silence of the Panmunjom region of Korea's Demilitarized Zone. Gunfire along the DMZ was not uncommon, and while it was alarming, none could have imagined that it signified the unthinkable defection of an American soldier to North Korea. It was the sixth, and to date the last, defection to the North by an American soldier since the end of the Korean War.

"Joey is nothing but gung-ho army, a gung-ho patriot, and gung-ho Reagan."

Drama, intrigue, shock, secrets - one man's flight to the warm embrace of the DPRK.