In Japanese court, 5 ask N. Korea to pay for their suffering

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A Japanese court is hearing from five people who say there were promised “paradise on Earth” in North Korea but suffered instead and now want the country to compensate them. The court summoned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to speak.

The hearing became possible after the Tokyo District Court in August agreed to summon Kim Jong Un to speak, according to Kenji Fukuda, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs. They are not expecting Kim to appear or to compensate them if the court orders it, but Fukuda hopes the case can set a precedent for negotiations between Japan and North Korea on seeking the North’s responsibility and normalizing diplomatic ties.

North Korea had promised free healthcare, education, jobs and other benefits, but none was available and the returnees were mostly assigned manual work at mines, forests or farms, one of the plaintiffs, Eiko Kawasaki, 79, a Korean who was born and raised in Japan, said last month. Today, about half a million ethnic Koreans live in Japan and still face discrimination in school, work and their daily lives.

 

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What a bunch of BS! The atrocities that Japan committed during WWII would make any wrong doing by NorthKorea look like a child play. That is what the Japanese court needs to hear.

So, Monopoly money 🤔🤔🤔

Everyone can get paid for their pain & suffering worldwide, but on one ever wants or thinks, Black people should get paid for their pain & suffering! We are still in pain and suffering today!

People who pay money to go to paradise deserve to get robbed.

Kim should testify. It would be legendary.

Drumpf ova here said “Covid will just go away” hahahahah. Drifters and Grifters all of em!

The need for 24hours news is getting out of control

Didn't isis promise the same thing to foreigners? Please.

Come on man 😂

Paradise on earth? That is so far beyond the pale, I can't begin to comprehend what a court would do with that. But it's Japan discussing North Korea, so who knows?

They* were promised. 😉

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