On August 28, KBS World Radio reported that the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of Choi Min-kyung, president of the NK Imprisonment Victims' Family Association, ordering North Korea to pay 50 million won (roughly $36,000) in damages. The article detailed how Choi, who defected to China in 1997, was forcibly repatriated in 2008 and subsequently suffered sexual abuse, physical violence, and torture for about five months at detention facilities including the Onsong County Security Department. It also noted that the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) called the case historically significant as the first such lawsuit filed by a North Korean-born victim of human rights violations, while cautioning that the regime is highly unlikely to comply with the court-ordered compensation.
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On August 28, KBS World Radio reported that the Seoul Central District Court ruled in favor of Choi Min-kyung, president of the NK Imprisonment Victims' Family Association, ordering North Korea to pay 50 million won (roughly $36,000) in damages. The article detailed how Choi, who defected to China in 1997, was forcibly repatriated in 2008 and subsequently suffered sexual abuse, physical violence, and torture for about five months at detention facilities including the Onsong County Security Department. It also noted that the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) called the case historically significant as the first such lawsuit filed by a North Korean-born victim of human rights violations, while cautioning that the regime is highly unlikely to comply with the court-ordered compensation.
To read the full article, please click HERE.