James Joseph Dresnok

James Joseph Dresnok (November 24, 1941 – November 2016) was an American-born North Korean actor, translater and teacher. One of six American soldiers to defect to North Korea after the Korean War.
After defecting, Dresnok worked as an actor in propaganda movies, some directed by Kim Jong-il, and as an English teacher in Pyongyang. He was featured on the CBS magazine program "60 Minutes" on January 28, 2007, as the last United States defector alive in North Korea. He was also the subject of a documentary movie, "Crossing the Line" which was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
In April 2017, a Western news organization that focuses on North Korea reported that Dresnok had died the previous year. On 21 August 2017, Dresnok's sons confirmed that he had died of a stroke in November 2016.