Legal Opinion
Han Kim and Yong Seok Kim v. Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 23, 2014No. 13-7147PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Relying on the “terrorism exception” to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, the family of Reverend Dong Shik Kim sued the North Korean government alleging that it abducted him, confined him to a kwan-li-so — a political penal-labor colony — tortured him, and, ultimately, killed him. When North Korea failed to appear, the Kims asked the district court for a default judgment pursuant to the provision of the Act that authorizes a court to enter judgment if the plaintiff “establishes his claim or right to relief by evidence…
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