From Yonhap News: State ordered to compensate families of Korean War massacre victims
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's government has been ordered to
give financial compensation to the bereaved families of civilians
massacred by South Korean troops during the 1950-53 Korean War, court
officials said Tuesday.
The Seoul Central District Court
ruled the state must pay a total of 2.13 billion won ($2 million) to 173
plaintiffs whose family members were killed by the South Korean
military during its search for armed communist partisans in the
southwestern provinces of Jeolla between August 1950 and February 1951.
The ruling came after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
concluded its probe into the massacre and recommended the state
apologize and compensate the victims' families in March 2009, 59 years
after the mass killing.
"Victims and their families suffered
enormous mental pain due to the illegal execution of duty by soldiers
at that time. Their rights for life and litigation were also violated,"
the Seoul court said.
"But the amount of compensation has been determined in consideration of the unique inter-Korean circumstances."
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