North Korea is asking for a 100 GAZILLION DOLLARS in compensation for a
traffic accident in the North’s Kumgang Mountains last month involving a
Hyundai Asan employee that left one North Korean soldier dead and two
injured.
OK, not really, but they are asking for a cool million, reports the Chosun Ilbo.
A Hyundai Asan official said that while North Korea has yet to officially request a set amount, he said the North Korean military leadership’s position is that the country must receive about 1 million in U.S. dollars in compensation.
I guess some place like Belarus is having a sale on MiGs or something.
Anyway, South Korea does have some degree of experience with this sort of thing. In June 2001, a South Korean worker at the North Korean light-water reactor site of Sinpo caused an auto accident that killed one North Korean soldier. The North Koreans demanded tens of thousands of U.S. dollars, but in the end, the South paid 6,000 U.S. dollars in consolation money.
The Hyundai Asan employee who caused the most recent accident was turned over to Hyundai after he was questioned by North Korean authorities, but he has yet to return to the South. He is currently staying at Hyundai’s staff residence in the Kumgang Mountains.
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Who called Kim^2 and told him about this new invention called laws last week? Two lawsuits in 1 week? This is impressive. They do realize that by attempting to enforce laws that work in their favor they also open the door to have laws enforced on them as well.. right?
My prediction is Kim^2 will next file a law suit against Bush for mental pain and suffering. Oh yea, and Japan too, just because they have money too.
If only Melvin Belli was alive to see this….
Uh-oh. If South Korea pays up, North Korean citizens should watch their backs for one more reason: at a cool million per traffic victim, pushing unsuspecting DPRK peasants into on-coming tour buses may be seen as a good way to make some cash.
If that happens, South Korea should be sure to pay them with counterfeit bills they’ve collected.
One word: Supernotes.