This June 17, 2020, file photo, released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, shows the inter-Korean liaison office in the North Korean border town of Kaesong being blown up by North Korea. The Seoul Central District Court ruled on Sept. 16, 2026, that North Korea must pay about 44.6 billion won (US$32.5 million) in compensation to the South Korean government for the demolition of the liaison office building, issuing the ruling three years and three months after the South Korean government filed its first lawsuit against North Korea. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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