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Jong-un ordered to pay damages to Seoul POWs

A South Korean court has ordered the North's leader Kim Jong-un to pay two former prisoners of war from the South, who were forced to work as labourers for decades after they were captured during the Korean War. – EPA pic, July 8, 2020.

A SOUTH Korean court ordered Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong-un to compensate two former prisoners of war who spent decades as forced labourers in the North, in a move that could set a far-reaching legal precedent on the divided peninsula. The ruling was the first time a South Korean court claimed jurisdiction over Pyongyang or issued a compensation order against its leader, according to a campaign group backing the plaintiffs.

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