TIL in 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded $100,000 from the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=No_Kum-sok



Submitted January 26, 2015 at 11:12PM by garglemymarbles http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2tqnvg/til_in_1953_a_north_korean_fighter_pilot_defected/