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    Aug. 30 1920 -- Lee Dong-hui takes office as prime minister of the Korean government in exile. Korea was under Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945. 1949 -- Six students selected as the first batch of students to study abroad on government funding head to the United States. 1968 -... 14:00 Aug. 29
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    Aug. 29 1910 -- Korea loses its sovereignty after being forced to sign an annexation agreement with Japan. The Korean Peninsula remained under Japanese colonial rule until 1945. 1949 -- Luxembourg recognizes the Republic of Korea as a sovereign state. 1972 -- A South Korean Red Cross... 14:00 Aug. 28
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    Aug. 28 1946 -- North Korea founds the ruling Workers' Party, the Soviet-backed regime's first official step toward establishing a communist system in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. 1961 -- Jo Yong-su, 31, president of the progressive daily Minjok Ilbo, receives a death senten... 14:00 Aug. 27
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    Aug. 27 1980 -- Chun Doo-hwan, a former army general, is named president by a hand-picked electoral college. Chun seized power in an internal military coup on Dec. 12 of the previous year, in which he arrested then martial law commander Gen. Chung Seung-hwa. 1992 -- China opens its embas... 14:00 Aug. 26
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    Aug. 26 1955 -- South Korea becomes a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). 1996 -- Former South Korean Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo are sentenced to death and 22 1/2 years in jail, respectively, for rebellion and other charges. In April 1997, the charges were commute... 14:00 Aug. 25

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    Aug. 25 1936 -- The daily Dong-A Ilbo publishes a picture of Korean Olympic marathon gold medal winner Sohn Kee-chung with the Japanese flag on his chest erased. Sohn participated in the Berlin Olympics representing Japan, as Korea was a colony of the archipelago nation at the time. The Japan... 14:00 Aug. 24
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    Aug. 24 1945 -- A Japanese ship on its way to Korea's southern port of Busan from Japan, carrying 3,725 Koreans, explodes. The Ukishima-Maru was returning Koreans who had been forced to leave home and work in Japan during the 1910-45 colonial era. The incident happened a little more than a we... 14:00 Aug. 23
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    Aug. 23 1911 -- The Japanese colonial government, which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 until 1945, announces a new public education system in Korea that prohibits the use of Korean language at schools. 1971 -- A group of 24 South Korean commandos, who trained on an island off the co... 14:00 Aug. 22
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    Aug. 22 1946 - Seoul National University is established. The state-run university later emerged as one of the nation's top academic institutions. 1950 - South Korea starts drafting soldiers for the Korean War, which broke out on June 25 of that year. The war continued until 1953. The two Ko... 14:00 Aug. 21
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    Aug. 21 1875 -- A Japanese warship attacks Ganghwa Island on the west coast of the Korean Peninsula in an attempt to expand Japan's influence in the neighboring country. 1980 -- Following a military coup, commanders of the armed forces appoint Gen. Chun Doo-hwan to serve as head of state. ... 14:00 Aug. 20
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    Aug. 20 1901 -- Construction begins on a railroad connecting Seoul and Busan. 1907 -- A modern barber shop opens at the royal court of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). 1971 -- Red Cross officials from the two Koreas meet for the first time since the 1950-53 Korean War. 2010 -- Sout... 14:00 Aug. 19
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    Aug. 19 1964 -- South Korea joins the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an international organization of the parliaments of sovereign states. 1980 -- The Chun Doo-hwan administration forces 617 publishing companies to close by canceling their registrations with the culture ministry. The general-... 14:00 Aug. 18
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    Aug. 18 1955 -- South Korea and Japan sever economic ties. 1972 -- Red Cross officials from the two Koreas establish a hotline. 1976 -- North Korean soldiers ax three U.S. military officers to death at the truce village of Panmunjom. 2009 -- Former President Kim Dae-jung, a lifelo... 14:00 Aug. 17
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    Aug. 17 1901 -- Hansung Electric Co. holds a ceremony to mark the first time that electric lights are turned on in Seoul. 1962 -- Prime Minister Jang Myun is arrested without physical detention on anti-revolutionary conspiracy charges. 1964 -- South Korea establishes an association of... 14:00 Aug. 16
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    Aug. 16 1914 -- A railroad linking Seoul to Wonsan is opened. 1949 -- South Korea joins the World Health Organization. 1966 -- South Korea ratifies the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war. The agreement was initiated in 1949 by the Diplomatic Co... 14:00 Aug. 15
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    Aug. 15 1945 -- Korea is liberated from Japan's colonial rule, which began in 1910. On the same day, Yeo Un-hyung (1886-1947), a left-leaning nationalist, sets up a national foundation preparation committee. 1948 -- The government of the Republic of Korea, the official name of South Korea... 14:00 Aug. 14

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    Aug. 14 1961 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Gabon. 1965 -- South Korea's parliament ratifies the normalization agreement signed between Seoul and Tokyo. Under the treaty, South Korea received grants and loans in return for abandoning its demand for compensation for J... 14:00 Aug. 13
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    Aug. 13 1935 -- "The Evergreen," a novel by Shim Hun depicting the lives of an educated couple trying to "enlighten" farmers, wins a literary prize presented by the Dong-Ah Ilbo newspaper. The novel, based on real-life experience, portrays the impoverished Korean countryside under Japanese c... 14:00 Aug. 12

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    Aug. 12 1966 -- In an editorial in its main newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, North Korea promulgates the policy of "juche," meaning self-reliance, claiming ideological independence from its allies -- the Soviet Union and China -- at that time. 1971 -- South Korea's National Red Cross suggest... 14:00 Aug. 11
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    Aug. 11 661 -- China's Tang Dynasty (618-907) launches another series of attacks against Pyongyang, the capital of the kingdom of Goguryeo, established in 37 B.C., and incorporating territory of what is now North Korea and northeastern China. Tang forces, under the leadership of Su Dingfa... 14:00 Aug. 10
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