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

North Korea's Kim Jong-un faces 'paradise on Earth' lawsuit

North Korea's leader should pay damages after people were lured to live there, a Japanese court hears.

North Korean defectors sue Kim Jong Un in Japan over resettlement scheme

Five people who managed to escape from North Korea are seeking damages from Kim Jong Un in a Japanese court. The plaintiffs were all part of a repatriation program that they describe as "state kidnapping."

North Korean defectors call Kim Jong-un to Tokyo court, demand damages over deceiving ‘paradise on Earth’ repatriation promises

Kim Jong-un has been ordered to cough up hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages in a case by North Korean defectors in Japan who say they were deceived by repatriation promises of Pyongyang, described as “paradise on Earth.”

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

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court is hearing from five people who say they 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, but a lawyer says they are not expecting that to happen. They hope the case sets a precedent for negotiations. North Korea began the resettlement program to bring overseas Koreans home and make up for w…

North Korean defectors in Tokyo sue Kim Jong-un over ‘kidnapping’

North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong-un to court on Thursday over a repatriation programme they describe as “state kidnapping”.The unusual case is a bid to hold Pyongyang responsible for a scheme that saw more than 90,000 people move to North Korea from Japan between 1959 and 1984.The programme mainly targeted ethnic Koreans but also their Japanese spouses, lured by fantastical propaganda promising a “paradise on Earth”…

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

A Japanese court on Thursday is hearing from five people who say they 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.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 t…