North Korea ordered to pay $70,300 in damages to five Korean War-era POWs

NK News – North Korea News · May 15, 2026

A Seoul court on Thursday ordered North Korea and its leader Kim Jong Un to pay 21 million won ($14,060) to each of the five former South Korean prisoners of war who were conscripted into labor after the Korean War, a court spokesperson told NK News. The five plaintiffs filed a joint lawsuit last month […]