SEOUL - The South Korean government has appealed a court order to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War when about 300,000 South Korean troops fought alongside US forces, the defence ministry said on Thursday (March 9). The Seoul Central District Court in February ordered the government to provide some 30 million won ($22,730) in compensation and...
A South Korean court ordered the government on Tuesday to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War in the 1970s,SEOUL - The South Korean government has appealed a court order to compensate a Vietnamese victim of atrocities during the Vietnam War when about 300,000 South Korean troops fought alongside US forces, the defence ministry said on Thursday .
The Seoul Central District Court in February ordered the government to provide some 30 million won in compensation and additional funds for delay to Nguyen Thi Thanh, a survivor of attacks on civilians."We will fully cooperate with the trial proceedings under continued consultations with related agencies to receive an appellate ruling based on substantial truth," the ministry said in a statement to Reuters.
Nguyen, 63, filed a suit against the South Korean government in 2020 seeking about 30 million won in compensation, saying she lost her family members and suffered wounds when South Korean marines killed about 70 civilians in her hometown in Vietnam's central province of Quang Nam in 1968.
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