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Anthony Kuhn

In a first, South Korea must compensate a Vietnam War massacre survivor

Incense sticks are placed at a monument to honor massacre victims in Vietnam. (Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP via Getty Images)

SEOUL — A South Korean court has ordered the government to compensate the survivor of a massacre committed by South Korean troops during the Vietnam War. It's the first time a court has found the South's government responsible for such atrocities.

Nguyen Thi Thanh was 7 in 1968 when she says South Korean marines killed five of her family members and shot her in the stomach.

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