Today in Korean history
Jan. 7
1914 -- Ewha Hakdang (Ewha School), the first educational institute for women in Korea, establishes the country's first modern kindergarten.
1946 -- Rhee Syng-man, a strong advocate of Korean independence, issues a statement opposing Korea's placement under a five-year U.N. supervised trusteeship following Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea. Rhee became the first president of South Korea in 1948.
1949 -- South Korea and Japan sign a secret pact calling on the latter to return cultural properties looted during Japan's 35-year colonial rule of Korea.
1950 -- The Japanese government announces a decree forcing 620,000 ethnic Koreans living in Japan to register with the government.
2004 -- South Korea welcomes North Korea's offer to freeze its nuclear program.
2008 -- A fire ignited by explosions inside a refrigerated warehouse in Icheon, 80 kilometers south of Seoul, leaves 40 dead and 10 others injured.
2010 -- South Korea confirms an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm north of Seoul, the first such outbreak in eight years.
2013 -- Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt arrive in North Korea, despite suggestions by the U.S. government that the timing is not "helpful."
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