Defectors seek compensation from North Korea over repatriations

The plaintiffs are asking $900,000 each in damages, accusing Pyongyang of"deceiving plaintiffs by false advertising to relocate to North Korea", where"the enjoyment of human rights was generally impossible".A Japanese court is hearing from five people who say they were promised “paradise on Earth” in North Korea but, instead, suffered from human rights violations.

The hearing on Thursday 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. Part of the defectors' complaint concerns separation from their families still trapped in the isolated country. 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, Kawasaki, 79, a Korean who was born and raised in Japan, said last month.

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In Japanese court, 5 ask N. Korea to pay for their sufferingTOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Thursday is hearing from five people who say there were promised “paradise on Earth” in North Korea but suffered human rights violations instead and now want the country and its leader Kim Jong Un to compensate them. 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. 😉 Come on man 😂
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