Court orders NK to pay S. Korea $32.5 mil. over 2020 demolition of liaison office
A Seoul court ruled Wednesday that North Korea must pay about 44.6 billion won ($32.5 million) in compensation to the South Korean government for the 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office building in the North's border town of Kaesong. The Seoul Central District Court issued the ruling three years and three months after the South Korean government filed its first lawsuit against North…
Seoul's Central District Court has ruled that North Korea must pay South Korea approximately 44.6 billion won, or $32.5 million, in compensation for the 2020 demolition of a liaison office building. This decision comes three years and three months after the South initially filed a lawsuit against the North. The court awarded the entire demanded amount, despite not specifying the reasoning behind the ruling.
The liaison office in Kaesong was established in September 2018 to promote inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, following a period of positive relations sparked by summit talks between the leaders of the two nations. The office suspended its activities in January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, North Korea deliberately destroyed the joint facility on June 16, 2020, as a response to South Korea's refusal to halt the flow of anti-Pyongyang leaflets from North Korean defectors.
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