A Seoul court ordered Pyongyang on Wednesday to pay roughly US$32.5 million for blowing up in 2020 an office in North Korea that was intended to foster relations between the two Koreas, Yonhap news agency reported. The lawsuit over the destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office marks the first time the South Korean government has sought damages directly from the North, according to media reports. South Korea’s previous conservative government, led by former president Yoon Suk-yeol, filed...
South Korean court orders Pyongyang to pay US$32.5m for destroying border office
The lawsuit over the destruction of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office marks the first time Seoul has sought damages directly from the North
The office building was constructed in the dormant Kaesong Industrial Complex, where South Korean companies once employed North Korean workers.
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