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Hankyoreh 21 reporter Koh Kyoung-tae revealed the tragic events that had occurred in the villages of Phong Nhi and Phong Nhat through photographs and documents declassified by the US
The South Korean government had claimed that because of the statute of limitations on the right to claim damages, it could not be held liable for compensation even if illegal actions were acknowledged to have taken place
Lawmakers urged the government, Thursday, to launch a probe into atrocities committed by Korean troops during their 1964-73 participation in the Vietnam War. The bill proposed by Rep. Kang Min-jung of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) and 24 other opposition lawmakers is aimed to launch a special investigation committee to uncover massacres, cruelty, sexual assaults and imprisonment committed by Korean soldiers against Vietnamese civilians at the time.
A district court has ruled in favor of a Vietnamese national who filed a lawsuit against the Korean government for the 1968 atrocities committed by Korean troops against Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam War.
Two Vietnamese women have filed lawsuits seeking justice for the American use of Agent Orange and atrocities committed by Korean soldiers. The government only endorses one of them.