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Yesterday (the 16th), the North-South contact office, which North Korea has blown up, has cost about KRW 24.8 billion to build, repair, and operate. It is all borne by our government.

So, according to international law, there is also a voice to be reimbursed by North Korea. It may be possible, but reporter Park Won-kyung actually picked it up from the corner.

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demolished South-North Joint Contact Office, a building built on the land owned by North Korea with the tax of our people.

Therefore, it is claimed that the building detonation is to be compensated according to international law.

The feasibility and opinions of five international law experts have been combined.

International law is the law governing relations and conflicts between states.

However, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court do not recognize North Korea as a state.


In the end, if our government claims damages based on international law, whether or not North Korea is recognized as a nation or not is unconstitutional.

Regardless of this controversial controversy, North Korea is also a member of the United Nations, and it may be said that it will be resolved in accordance with international law.

There are two major jurisdictions: the International Court of Justice and the arbitral tribunal. The International Court of Justice is a discretionary jurisdiction.

In the current situation, we should see that North Korea is unlikely to go on trial.

The arbitration trial is also difficult because the two countries need to agree to form a court.

There are opinions that North Korea's forfeiture of assets may be considered as a countermeasure against illegal activities, but there is little possibility of actual implementation because there are no known North Korean assets currently in Korea.

At the moment, the common opinion of experts is that claims for compensation through international law are quite unlikely.

(Video editing: Park Jeong-sam, CG: Announcement)