Comments on: Charles Jenkins: hard at work selling souvenirs (Video)

By: Charles R. Jenkins, Rice Salesman : Japan Probe

Charles R. Jenkins, Rice Salesman : Japan Probe — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:59:28 +0000

[...] defecting from his Army unit in 1965, is back in the news. His latest news appearance is not about working at a gift shop or talking about his hate for North Korean dog meat, but rather his love for Niigata [...]

By: Barbara Mace Otaki

Barbara Mace Otaki — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:47:53 +0000

While visiting my nephew in Sado in May I visited with Jenkins at the museum where he is selling crackers. My Japanese friends think he is a VIP and extremely intelligent. I tried in vain to convince them otherwise.

By: Jenkins: Sado Island Is Safe » Japan Probe

Jenkins: Sado Island Is Safe » Japan Probe — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:16:14 +0000

[...] According to this evening’s TV Asahi News, the damage inflicted by the earthquake earlier this week in Niigata has led large numbers of tourists who had booked trips to nearby Sado Island to cancel their reservations. To get out the word that Sado Island has suffered no damage and is completely safe, they turned to Charles Robert Jenkins, who escaped North Korea to work in the Sado Gold Mine’s gift shop selling rice crackers: [...]

By: kazu

kazu — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:48:40 +0000

isn’t he a little too old for a better job though?

By: This Is No Way to Go Through Life « GUANO ISLAND

This Is No Way to Go Through Life « GUANO ISLAND — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:19:08 +0000

[...] ~ Charles Jenkins, the US defector to North Korea, has a new job. [...]

By: Akoua Doffou

Akoua Doffou — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:51:42 +0000

Why can’t he get a better job than this?

By: noahT

noahT — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 23:17:31 +0000

LESSON ONE: Defect; end up as human tourist trap.

By: axs

axs — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:28:16 +0000

Fred,
He donated 400,000yen, not 40,000.

By: Fred Slacks

Fred Slacks — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:19:26 +0000

It says he has donated 2% of his earnings, and has so far donated 40,000 yen to the abductees group. That would indicate he has earned 2,000,000 yen so far, the equivalent of $20,000 (assuming the yen and the dollar have equal purchasing power).