I conducted workshops on reconciliation and had the occasion to have dialogues with a number of well placed DPRK officials. Compensation according to them depends on type of damage, and is not only in terms of money. Comfort women have to be compensated, but from the Japanese government, not from Asian Women's Fund. For the economic looting compensation in the form of economic infrastructure and social services may be adequate.
Cultural treasures have to be handed back or compensated.
The zainichi is a question of human rights in Japan. They demand wholehearted Japanese support in the struggle for Korean unification. They also reject the Japanese arguments that money has to be given directly to individuals concerned and serve people's needs, not to be diverted into palaces or military purposes. Japan is not in a moral position to dictate the use. Negotiations flow better with all issues on the table, in no order.