南韓法院命北韓為2020年聯絡辦公室爆破案賠償，媒體報導

喬伊斯・李與沈圭錫報導By Joyce Lee and Kyu-seok Shim

首爾，9月16日（路透社）——南韓媒體報導，首爾一間法院週三裁定，北韓須就2020年爆破南北韓聯絡辦公室一事支付446億韓元（3,250萬美元）賠償。這是南韓對平壤提起訴訟後的首項判決。SEOUL, Sept 16 (Reuters) - A Seoul court on Wednesday ordered North Korea to pay 44.6 billion won ($32.5 million) in damages over its 2020 demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office, South Korean media reported, marking the first ruling in a lawsuit brought by South Korea against Pyongyang.

南韓前保守派政府由前總統尹錫悅（Yoon Suk Yeol）領導，於2023年6月提起這項訴訟。尹錫悅後來因2024年12月短暫宣布戒嚴而遭罷免下台。South Korea's previous conservative government, led by former President Yoon Suk Yeol, filed the suit in June 2023. Yoon was later ousted from office after his short-lived December 2024 martial law declaration.

韓聯社（Yonhap News Agency）報導，首爾中央地方法院判南韓政府勝訴，命令平壤全額支付首爾所求償的446億韓元，用以賠償2020年在邊境城市開城拆毀該建築的損失。The Seoul Central District Court ruled in favour of the South Korean government, ordering Pyongyang to pay the full 44.6 billion won sought by Seoul for the demolition of the building in the border town of Kaesong in 2020, Yonhap News Agency reported.

媒體報導指出，法院也命令北韓負擔訴訟費用。The court also ordered North Korea to bear the litigation costs, media reports said.

法院與北韓駐北京大使館未立即回應採訪請求。The court and North Korea's embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

首爾的統一部表示，尊重法院判決，並將檢討必要的後續措施。Seoul's Unification Ministry said it respected the court's ruling and would review necessary follow-up measures.

統一部也表示，希望南北韓對話能夠恢復，使兩韓之間的問題能透過合作解決。The ministry also said it hoped inter-Korean dialogue would resume so that issues between the Koreas could be resolved through cooperation.

南韓政府當時表示，北韓爆破聯絡辦公室「依法顯然違法」，並稱2023年提起訴訟，是為了中止損害賠償請求權的時效；該時效原定於當年屆滿。The government said at the time that North Korea's demolition of the liaison office was "clearly illegal under the law" and that the lawsuit was filed in 2023 to suspend the statute of limitations on the damages claim, which was due to expire that year.

北韓於2020年6月16日炸毀開城工業區內的聯絡辦公室大樓，理由是一群北韓脫北者跨越邊境散發宣傳傳單。North Korea blew up the liaison office building in the Kaesong industrial complex on June 16, 2020, citing the scattering of propaganda leaflets across the border by a group of North Korean defectors.

爆炸發生後，南韓政府隨即表示，由此產生的一切後果，責任全在北韓。Immediately after the blast, the South Korean government said responsibility for all consequences arising from it lay entirely with the North.

開城聯絡辦公室是依據2018年《板門店宣言》設立，作為兩韓之間全天候的溝通與協商管道。The Kaesong liaison office had been set up under the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration to serve as a round-the-clock communication and consultation channel between the two Koreas.

首爾估算損害金額為447億韓元，包括聯絡辦公室大樓的賠償，以及附近一座南北韓經濟合作支援中心在爆炸中受損、無法使用的賠償。Seoul calculated the damages at 44.7 billion won, including compensation for the liaison office building and for a nearby inter-Korean economic cooperation support centre that was damaged and rendered unusable by the blast.

媒體報導指出，即使南韓勝訴，平壤也不太可能回應這起訴訟，而首爾目前沒有手段強制北韓支付任何判賠金額。Even if South Korea prevailed, Pyongyang was unlikely to respond to the suit and Seoul currently had no means to force North Korea to pay any damages awarded, according to media reports.

儘管南韓總統李在明（Lee Jae Myung）自去年就任以來努力改善關係，這項判決仍是在兩韓緊張升高之際出爐。The ruling comes amid heightened tensions between the Koreas despite efforts by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to improve ties since taking office last year.

北韓領導人金正恩（Kim Jong Un）拒絕了這些努力，放棄平壤的統一政策，並將南韓形容為最敵對國家。North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has rebuffed those efforts, abandoning Pyongyang's reunification policy and describing South Korea ⁠as its most hostile state.

（1美元＝1370.9韓元）($1= 1370.9 won)

（喬伊斯・李與沈圭錫報導；艾德・戴維斯編輯）(Reporting by Joyce Lee and Kyu-seok ShimEditing by Ed Davies)