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…
A Seoul court has ordered North Korea to pay South Korea approximately $32.5 million in compensation for the 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office building in Kaesong. The Seoul Central District Court made the ruling three years and three months after the South Korean government filed its initial lawsuit against North Korea.
The liaison office was established in September 2018 to promote inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, following a period of diplomatic warm relations between the two nations. However, the office suspended operations in January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Korean government subsequently destroyed the joint facility on June 16, 2020, in retaliation for South Korea's failure to prevent the distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border by North Korean defectors.
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