SEOUL — A South Korean court ordered the government on Tuesday (Feb 7) to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War in the 1970s, when about 300,000 South Korean troops fought alongside US forces. The ruling marked the first legal acknowledgement of South Korea's liability for atrocities during the war and could potentially pave the way for...
Shells of US bombs used during Vietnam War are displayed at a bombs and landmines exhibition in Quang Tri province, Vietnam, March 4, 2020.SEOUL — A South Korean court ordered the government on Tuesday to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War in the 1970s, when about 300,000 South Korean troops fought alongside US forces.
The Seoul Central District Court ordered the government to provide around 30 million won in compensation and additional funds for delay to Nguyen Thi Thanh, a survivor of killings of civilians by South Korean troops. "At the time, the soldiers forced the plaintiff's family to come out of their house, threatening with live ammunition and guns, before shooting them," the verdict said, according to Yonhap news agency.
Nguyen, in a video call from Vietnam arranged by her attorneys after the ruling, welcomed the decision and said it would be a "comfort for the souls who fell victim to the incident."
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