A Japanese daily says a U.S. federal district court issued in January three subpoenas to North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun to discuss North Korea’s alleged involvement in three international incidents.

The Yomiuri Shimbun said Wednesday that the U.S. court is seeking to discuss three issues with Pak, including compensation for the crew of the North Korean-abducted “USS Pueblo” intelligence vessel and the abduction of Korean-American pastor Kim Dong-sik in China in 2000.

The paper said that although it is highly unlikely that Pak will respond to the U.S. court’s summons, it is unprecedented for a U.S. court to seek to try such cases.

In particular, the report said the U.S. is seeking to provide compensation to the former crew members of the USS Pueblo through the freezing of North Korean assets.

Four crewmembers of the USS Pueblo filed a lawsuit against North Korea in 2006, each demanding some 24-hundred dollars in compensation for the physical and psychological damage they suffered while they were held in North Korea for nearly a year in 1968.