Today in Korean history
April 12
1990 -- President Roh Tae-woo gives amnesty to Kim Hyun-hui, one of the North Korean agents responsible for the in-flight bombing of a South Korean passenger airplane in late 1987.
2003 -- South Korea's lottery gives out a 47 billion won prize, the country's biggest ever.
2004 -- Chung Dong-young quits as chairman of the ruling Uri Party.
2007 -- The Supreme Court sentences Jeong Nam-guy to death for murdering 13 people and injuring seven others from January 2004 to April 2006.
2011 -- South and North Korea reach an agreement to make an on-site survey of Mount Paekdu in mid-June after holding expert-led talks on the risk of a potential volcanic eruption at the mountain in May in Pyongyang or a convenient location.
2013 -- President Park Geun-hye apologized to her rival political party for "causing concern" over a series of resignations by her nominees for senior government posts.
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7 dead, 6 missing in heaviest rainfall in 80 years
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(2nd LD) 7 dead, 6 missing in heaviest rainfall in 80 years
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