World IN BRIEF : SOUTH KOREA : Payment Demanded for Downed Jet
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
South Korea demanded compensation from Russia for the shooting down of a Korean jetliner in Soviet airspace 10 years ago. It was the first time that Seoul has officially asked for payment for the Sept. 1, 1983, attack on the Korean Air Lines Boeing 747, which killed 269 people, including 62 Americans. The former Soviet Union claimed that it mistook the passenger plane for a U.S. spy aircraft.
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