S Korea ruling on Agent Orange

[DoYouEverWonder]

26 January 2006

US makers of the Agent Orange defoliant used in the Vietnam War should compensate a group of South Korean troops it affected, a Seoul court said.

The court said Dow Chemical and Monsanto should pay $62m in medical compensation to 6,800 people.

It was the first South Korean court ruling in favour of those affected.

South Korea sent more than 300,000 troops to fight in the 1965-73 Vietnam conflict, the largest outside contribution to the US war effort.

The ruling follows a long-running case in which more than 20,000 South Korean veterans sued for damages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4649452.stm

[donsu]

1. good! finally some justice

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