Poor Kim Jong-un. Seth Rogen and James Franco tried to blow up his head, cinematically, in front of the world. Lawmakers fumed over the North Korean leader’s alleged role in the Sony Entertainment hack, which appeared early on to be Kim’s retribution for Rogen’s film. The President of the United States belittled Kim as “some dictator someplace.” The U.N. Security Council broke its silence over North Korea’s vast human rights violations. North Korea’s Internet was turned off.
On Tuesday, a federal appeals court brought more bad news for the hermit kingdom, finding sufficient evidence of abductions, torture and murder by North Korea to warrant a default judgment for the family of one of its victims. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reversed a ruling by a Washington judge, finding that the lower court was wrong to require “first-hand evidence” that North Korea kidnapped, tortured and killed a U.S. permanent resident and Christian missionary named Dong Shik Kim.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
