SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's aunt and her husband, who acted as guardians when he was a teenager, filed a defamation lawsuit in South Korea on Wednesday against three defectors, seeking 60 million won ($51,612) in damages, her lawyer said.
The lawsuit is unusual for North Korea's ruling family, whose members outside the country tend to shun the spotlight, and raises questions about the veracity of statements by defectors from the isolated state.
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