American GI Joe defected to North Korea, now his sons are propaganda stars

By Anna Fifield
Updated May 26 2016 - 6:43pm, first published 1:53pm
James and Ted Dresnok in a video interview published by the US-based pro-Pyongyang news service Minjok Tongshin. Photo: Screegrab
James and Ted Dresnok in a video interview published by the US-based pro-Pyongyang news service Minjok Tongshin. Photo: Screegrab
Joe Dresnok in front of a statue of the late president Kim Ul Sung as seen in the documentary Crossing the Line. Photo: Supplied
Joe Dresnok in front of a statue of the late president Kim Ul Sung as seen in the documentary Crossing the Line. Photo: Supplied
James and Ted Dresnok are interviewed by Roh Kil-nam, who is a naturalised US citizen. Photo: Screegrab
James and Ted Dresnok are interviewed by Roh Kil-nam, who is a naturalised US citizen. Photo: Screegrab
James Dresnok: "Due to the worsening situation on the Korean peninsula, I decided to work for the military." Photo: Screegrab
James Dresnok: "Due to the worsening situation on the Korean peninsula, I decided to work for the military." Photo: Screegrab
Ted Dresnok was born in Pyongyang "under the generous care of Kim Jong ll". Photo: Screegrab
Ted Dresnok was born in Pyongyang "under the generous care of Kim Jong ll". Photo: Screegrab

Tokyo: Their names are Ted and James, and they look like the kinds of men you might bump into on the streets of Richmond, Virginia, where their father was born.

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