Eiko Kawasaki and other plaintiffs celebrate outside a Tokyo courthouse after a high court found the North Korean government liable for human rights violations against Korean and Japanese citizens it had lured to North Korea through its “Paradise on Earth Campaign,” Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 2023.

Eiko Kawasaki and other plaintiffs celebrate outside a Tokyo courthouse after a high court found the North Korean government liable for human rights violations against Korean and Japanese citizens it had lured to North Korea through its “Paradise on Earth Campaign,” Tokyo, Japan, October 30, 2023.

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