No Kum-Sok
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| No Kum-Sok | |
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| Hangul: |
노금석
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| Hanja: |
盧今錫
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| Revised Romanization: | No Geum-seok |
| McCune-Reischauer: | No Kŭm-sŏk |
No Kum-Sok was a lieutenant in the North Korean Air Force during the Korean War who defected to South Korea. In 1953, he flew his MiG-15 to the Kimpo air base in South Korea, claiming that he wanted to get away from the "red deceit"[1]. He received a $100,000 reward for defecting with his aircraft, which he claimed to have not heard about prior to his defection[2]. He later emigrated to the United States, graduated from the University of Delaware, married and became a US citizen. He was joined in the U.S by his mother, who had been evacuated from North Korea.
He also wrote a book, A MiG-15 to Freedom (ISBN 0-7864-0210-5) about his defection and previous life in North Korea.
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