Today in Korean history
May 6
1952 -- Commercial phone lines connecting Seoul and Busan open.
1981 -- The Korea Fair Trade Commission, the nation's antitrust watchdog, is launched.
2003 -- The National Assembly passes a revision bill on war veterans and Agent Orange patients to expand government subsidies and free treatment.
2005 -- President Roh Moo-hyun demands that Japan take concrete "action" rather than make "apologies" for the atrocities it committed during its colonization of the Korean Peninsula and World War II.
2018 -- A South Korean court rules that an Iranian who converted from Islam to Christianity should be given refugee status as he could be persecuted if he goes back to his country.
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(URGENT) S. Korea's science minister confirms space rocket Nuri's launch success
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Three indicted in massive stock manipulation case
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(3rd LD) Passenger opens door of Asiana Airlines plane before landing at Daegu airport
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BTS' J-Hope completes basic training for military service
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(6th LD) S. Korea successfully launches space rocket Nuri in major milestone for space program
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N. Korea's aircraft maintenance activity at 'unusual' level: 38 North
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(LEAD) Asiana Airlines plane's door opens right before landing at Daegu Airport
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S. Korea to send delegation to Europe for talks on stronger economic, biz ties
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(2nd LD) S. Korean experts to inspect radioactive water storage tanks, purification system at Fukushima plant
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(2nd LD) S. Korean experts begin on-site inspection of Fukushima nuclear plant
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Man who opened plane door says he wanted to get off quickly: police
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U.S. military stages 'Elephant Walk' training with F-16 fighters
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(LEAD) S. Korea steps up diplomatic efforts to win U.N. Security Council seat
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Tokyo court rejects families' request for removal of Koreans' names listed in Yasukuni Shrine
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(LEAD) Man who opened plane door says he wanted to get off quickly: police