South Korean court orders state to compensate Vietnamese woman for Vietnam War massacre

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Nguyen Thi Thanh, a Vietnamese woman who filed damages suit against the South Korean government for a mass killing in Quang Nam in 1968 during the Vietnam War. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Dong

 

A Seoul court on Tuesday ruled that the South Korean government must compensate ₩30 million (US$23,800) to a Vietnamese woman whose family was murdered by South Korean marines during the Vietnam War.

 

Nguyen Thi Thanh, who said that she was a survivor of the mass killing of about 70 people in Phong Nhat - Phong Nhi Village in the central province of Quang Nam in 1968 by South Korean marines, filed a damages suit against the South Korean government in 2020, seeking ₩30 million as compensation. Thanh said she lost her family members and received gunshot injuries during the incident, the Yonhap News Agency reported.

 

The Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of Thanh, ordering the state to compensate her the aforementioned amount of money, plus interests.

 

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