Awarding one of the largest-ever damages in a state-sponsored terrorism case, a U.S. federal district court has ordered North Korea to pay $2.3 billion to crew members who were captured on a U.S. spy ship more than 50 years ago.
On Thursday, the court ruled that the DPRK owes the large lump sum after 61 crew workers who were captured on a Naval ship called the USS Pueblo in 1968 filed a lawsuit decades later, in Feb. 2018. Another 110 family members also joined in on the suit.
Awarding one of the largest-ever damages in a state-sponsored terrorism case, a U.S. federal district court has ordered North Korea to pay $2.3 billion to crew members who were captured on a U.S. spy ship more than 50 years ago.
On Thursday, the court ruled that the DPRK owes the large lump sum after 61 crew workers who were captured on a Naval ship called the USS Pueblo in 1968 filed a lawsuit decades later, in Feb. 2018. Another 110 family members also joined in on the suit.
David Volodzko is a journalist whose writing has appeared in Foreign Policy, the Jamestown Foundation, The Diplomat and the Wall Street Journal. He is also a former Korea correspondent for South China Morning Post and the former national editor for Korea JoongAng Daily.