Seoul court orders North Korea to pay $32.5m for blowing up office
Pyongyang blew up the Inter-Korean Liaison Office building in June 2020 after days of rising tensions.
![A view of an explosion of a joint liaison office with South Korea in the North Korean border town of Kaesong in this picture supplied by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 16, 2020 [File: KCNA/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2026-09-16T031659Z_778856035_RC23KNA4WVWZ_RTRMADP_3_NORTHKOREA-SOUTHKOREA-1789531681.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![US President Joe Biden listens as South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 21, 2021, in Washington, DC [Alex Brandon/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21141811878732.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
- THE WEEK IN NUMBERS
US support for Israel, a crypto crash and China nuclear reactors
![Both Bitcoin and Ether have bounced back somewhat after Wednesday's massive selloff, but a planned crackdown on crypto mining and trading by China as well as an announcement from the United States that it plans to tax crypto transfers above $10,000 both sent prices wobbling [File: Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/bitcoin-2.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
