Latest development Aug 2019
No later development verified since the 2019 sale agreement.
The award
- Amount awarded
- $501.1M
- Award holder
- Fred and Cindy Warmbier
- Respondent
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Forum
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia · FSIA terrorism exception (§1605A) · default judgment
Challenges
Default judgment. North Korea did not appear.
Enforcement
The family claimed proceeds of the seized cargo ship Wise Honest. The S.D.N.Y. approved a sale agreement in August 2019, with the proceeds held pending a court order.
Recovered to date
Not verified
Notes
A court judgment, not an arbitral award.