Today in Korean History

Today in Korean History

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Today in Korean history
Oct. 1 1953 -- South Korea and the United States sign a mutual defense treaty about three months after the Armistice Agreement ending the Korean War was signed. 1956 -- South Korea marks the first Armed Forces Day to commemorate the service of men and women in the country's armed forces. ... 14:00 Sep. 30
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 30 1962 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Panama. 1981 -- The International Olympic Committee chooses Seoul as the host of the 1988 Summer Olympics. 1990 -- The Soviet Union establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea. 2013 -- The 38th-largest conglo... 14:00 Sep. 29
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 29 1984 -- North Korea delivers humanitarian assistance, including rice and medicine, to South Korean victims of flooding, the first such exchange of aid since the 1950-53 Korean War. North Korea offered the assistance first, and South Korea accepted it. 1988 -- South Korea's women'... 14:00 Sep. 28
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Sept. 28 1920 -- Ryu Gwan-sun (1902-20) dies in Seodaemun Prison in Seoul where the young independence fighter was imprisoned and tortured for organizing and staging a nationwide independence movement against Japan's colonial rule of Korea (1910-45), known as the March 1 Manse Movement, in 19... 14:00 Sep. 27
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Sept. 27 1983 -- Pope John Paul II visits Seoul and elevates to sainthood 103 Korean Catholic martyrs who were executed during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). 1988 -- Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson tests positive for drugs and is stripped of the gold medal he won a day earlier in the men's... 14:00 Sep. 26
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 26 1950 -- South Korean and U.N. forces recapture Seoul, three months after the capital was overrun by North Korean invaders at the start of the Korean War. The North Koreans briefly retook Seoul four months later but were driven back by U.S.-led allied forces. 2009 -- Hundreds of S... 14:00 Sep. 25
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Sept. 25 1920 -- The Japanese colonial government in Korea suspends the publication of the Donga Ilbo, a Korean-language daily, for allegedly defaming the Japanese imperial insignia in an editorial. 1987 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Somalia. 2000 -- South and Nort... 14:00 Sep. 24
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Sept. 24 1987 -- South Korea and Bhutan forge diplomatic relations. 1991 -- President Roh Tae-woo delivers a speech at the United Nations. 1996 -- Robert Kim, a U.S. Navy officer, is arrested by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation on charges of passing classified information on N... 14:00 Sep. 23
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Sept. 23 1992 -- South Korea and Taiwan close their diplomatic missions in each other's capital after South Korea switched its diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. 2002 -- North Korean athletes come to Busan, South Korea's largest port city, to participate in the 14th Asian Games.... 14:00 Sep. 22
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 22 1948 -- A law to punish Koreans who collaborated with the Japanese colonial regime (1910-1945) takes effect. The law, however, was ineffective because of implicit opposition from the U.S. military government and criticism from President Rhee Syng-man, who was supported by a number of ... 14:00 Sep. 21
Today in Korean history
Sept. 21 668 -- The Goguryeo Kingdom, which was established in 37 B.C., is conquered by troops from a coalition of Korea's Silla Kingdom and China's Tang Dynasty. Considered the forerunner of modern-day Korea, the Goguryeo Kingdom stretched from areas of what is now North Korea to Manchuria i... 14:00 Sep. 20
Today in Korean history
Sept. 20 1985 -- Fifty South Koreans travel to Pyongyang and an equal number of North Koreans come to Seoul to participate in the first temporary reunion of family members separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. 1986 -- The 10th Asian Games open in Seoul. 1995 -- The Gwangju Biennale,... 14:00 Sep. 19
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Sept. 19 1980 -- South Korea and France sign a fishery accord. 2000 -- The South Korean women's archery team wins the gold medal in the group competition at the Sydney Olympics. The South Korean troika -- Kim Soo-nyung, Yoon Mi-jin and Kim Nam-soon -- beat the Ukrainian team 251-239. In a... 14:00 Sep. 18
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 18 1894 -- The Joseon Dynasty opens its first modern primary school, Gyodong Elementary School, in Insadong, Jongno Ward, central Seoul. 1996 -- A North Korean submarine is found stranded on the seashore at Gangneung, a South Korean port city 240 kilometers east of Seoul. A massive ma... 14:00 Sep. 17
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 17 1959 -- Typhoon Sarah hits South Korea, leaving over 900 dead or missing. 1978 -- South Korea severs diplomatic ties with Afghanistan after a pro-Soviet Union regime takes control following an invasion. 1980 -- A military tribunal sentences opposition leader Kim Dae-jung to d... 14:00 Sep. 16
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Sept. 16 1974 -- North Korea joins the International Atomic Energy Agency. Due to a conflict with the United States over its nuclear weapons program, the communist country pulled out of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Jan. 10, 2003. 2002 -- The militaries of South and North Korea agree to op... 14:00 Sep. 15
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Sept. 15 1950 -- United Nations forces carry out an amphibious landing operation at the western port city of Incheon, some three months after the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War. The operation, which was led by U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur and continued through Sept. 26 of the year, success... 14:00 Sep. 14
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 14 1956 -- The Cabinet designates Oct. 1 as Armed Forces Day, commemorating the date in 1950 when U.N.-coalition troops crossed the 38th parallel, which roughly bisects the peninsula, pushing North Korean communists northward in the Korean War. 1984 -- South Korea's Red Cross agrees... 14:39 Sep. 13
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 13 1972 -- The two Koreas hold their second round of Red Cross talks. 1991 -- The Koreas separately apply for membership in the United Nations. They were approved five days later to join the world's largest body. 1996 -- The Busan International Film Festival, the first internati... 14:00 Sep. 12
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Today in Korean history
Sept. 11 1899 -- Korea's last kingdom, the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), signs a trade treaty with China's Qing Dynasty. 1945 -- The operation of a railway line linking Seoul and Sinuiju, a border city in what is now North Korea, is stopped amid deepening enmity between the rival political ... 14:00 Sep. 10

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