{
  "id": 7687737,
  "title": "Court orders NK to pay S. Korea $32.5 mil. over 2020 demolition of liaison office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/court-orders-nk-to-pay-s-korea-32-5-mil-over-2020-demolition-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T02:52:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260916/court-orders-nk-to-pay-s-korea-325-mil-over-2020-demolition-of-liaison-office"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Seoul court has ordered North Korea to pay South Korea approximately $32.5 million in compensation for the demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office building in Kaesong, North Korea in June 2020. The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of the South Korean government, granting the full amount of 44,626,410,722 won claimed by the plaintiff, after a three-year and three-month legal process. The liaison office was established in September 2018 to promote inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, but it suspended its operations in January 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Korean government demolished the building on June 16, 2020, as a protest against South Korea's failure to prevent the inflow of anti-Pyongyang leaflets from the South.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Court orders N. Korea to pay S. Korea 44.6 bln won over 2020 demolition of liaison office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/court-orders-n-korea-to-pay-s-korea-44-6-bln-won-over-2020-demolition",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:09:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "KBS World Radio",
        "title": "Court Orders N. Korea to Pay 44.6 Bln Won for Blowing Up Liaison Office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/court-orders-n-korea-to-pay-44-6-bln-won-for-blowing-up-liaison-office",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:11:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Court orders North Korea pay Seoul US$32.5 million for blowing up office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/court-orders-north-korea-pay-seoul-us-32-5-million-for-blowing-up",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:47:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Court orders NK to pay S. Korea $32.5 mil. over 2020 demolition of liaison office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/court-orders-nk-to-pay-s-korea-32-5-mil-over-2020-demolition-of-7689888",
        "published": "2026-09-16T03:02:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "South Korean court orders North Korea to pay $32.5 million for blowing up joint liaison office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/south-korean-court-orders-north-korea-to-pay-32-5-million-for-blowing",
        "published": "2026-09-16T03:20:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "North Korea ordered to pay US$32.5m over destruction of inter-Korean liaison office",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/north-korea-ordered-to-pay-us-32-5m-over-destruction-of-inter-korean",
        "published": "2026-09-16T03:33:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "S. Korean court orders North pay damages over demolition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/s-korean-court-orders-north-pay-damages-over-demolition",
        "published": "2026-09-16T03:58:14.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}