Camptown victims’ suit over US troop abuses reaches Seoul court

The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday held the first preparatory hearing in a state compensation suit filed by 117 women who said they were forced into sexual slavery for US troops stationed in South Korea in the 1950s. The lawsuit is filed against the South Korean government, while also seeking to establish liability related to unlawful acts by US forces. The court ordered the defendant to submit a written response to the plaintiffs’ claims. Under South Korean law, a defendant contestin

By The Korea Herald