Factbox-Travis King: What happened to other US soldiers who defected to North Korea?

Joseph T. White shot off the lock on a gate leading into the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the Koreas while a U.S. soldier stationed in South Korea in 1982, before surrendering to North Korean troops, according to an account published by the Korea Times. The North claimed he had defected, though Pyongyang refused a request by the United Nations Command to meet him.

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