In a historic first, a South Korean court has ordered the government to compensate the survivor of a massacre committed by South Korean troops during the Vietnam War.
Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP via Getty ImagesIncense sticks are placed at a monument to honor massacre victims in Vietnam.SEOUL — A South Korean court has ordered the government to compensate the survivor of a massacre committed by South Korean troops during the. It's the first time a court has found the South's government responsible for such atrocities.
Nguyen Thi Thanh was 7 in 1968 when she says South Korean marines killed five of her family members and shot her in the stomach. According to U.S. military documents and survivors, the marines killed more than 70 civilians and wounded 20 in two villages in Quang Nam province.Nguyen Thi Thanh sued the South Korean government in 2020 for nearly $24,000. The court rejected the government's argument thatSouth Korea sent more than 300,000 troops to fight in Vietnam, the biggest contingent of any U.S. ally.
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