South Korean court orders North Korea to pay damages over 2020 liaison office demolition, media reports
The ruling is the first damages judgment in South Korea’s suit against the North, following the 2020 destruction of the inter-Korean liaison office.
- On Wednesday, the Seoul Central District Court ordered North Korea to pay 44.6 billion won in damages for the 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office, marking the first such judgment against Pyongyang.
- Pyongyang destroyed the facility in June 2020 after rising tensions over activists sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border, with the North denouncing the office as "useless" before detonating the building at the Kaesong Industrial Complex.
- Former President Yoon Suk Yeol's administration filed this lawsuit in June 2023, marking the South Korean government's first direct legal action seeking damages from North Korea over the office destruction.
- Opened in September 2018 following a summit between then South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the office stationed around 20 officials from each side until operations suspended in January 2020.
- The judgment marks the first successful attempt by the South Korean government to seek damages directly from the North through courts, establishing legal precedent for resolving inter-Korean disputes through judicial channels.
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S. Korean court orders North pay damages over demolition
A Seoul court ordered North Korea to pay 44.6 billion won (€ 28,2 million) in damages over its 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office, South Korean media reported, marking the first ruling in a lawsuit brought by South Korea against Pyongyang.
Yonhap: ROK court orders DPRK to pay damages over 2020 liaison office demolition
A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to pay 44.6 billion won ($32.5 million) in damages over its 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office, marking the first judgment in a lawsuit brought by
South Korea court orders North to pay for Kaesong liaison office blast
A South Korean court has ordered North Korea to pay 44.6 billion won for blowing up the Kaesong liaison office in 2020. The ruling is largely symbolic, as frozen relations leave Seoul with no clear way to enforce it.
Court orders North Korea pay Seoul US$32.5 million for blowing up office
SEOUL: A Seoul court ordered Pyongyang on Wednesday (Sep 16) to pay roughly US$32.5 million for blowing up in 2020 an office in North Korea that was intended to foster better relations between the two Koreas.The lawsuit over the destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office marks the first time the South Kor
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 Korea. The court effectively granted the full amo…
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