Seoul, May 14, 2026 (AFP) - Seoul court orders N. Korean leader to compensate Korean War POWs

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2026-05-14

A court in Seoul ruled on Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must pay a total of 105 million won ($70,474) in damages to five former Korean War prisoners, the third such ruling against Pyongyang. The Seoul Central District Court told AFP it ordered Kim to pay 21 million won to each of the five plaintiffs, all former South Korean soldiers who were captured during the 1950-53 Korean War and forcibly held in the North for decades. The pla......

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