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The agreement was initiated in 1949 by the Diplomatic Conference for... 14:00 Aug. 15 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history 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 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history 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 #Korean history Today in Korean history 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 co... 14:00 Aug. 12 #Korean history Today in Korean history 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 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history 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 Dingfan... 14:00 Aug. 10 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 10 1934 -- A massive flood hits the southern part of Korea, leaving 800 people dead. 1940 -- Two major Korean vernacular dailies, the Chosun Ilbo and the Donga Ilbo, are closed by Japan's colonial authorities because of their anti-Japan stances. Japan colonized the Korean P... 14:00 Aug. 09 Today in Korean history Aug. 9 1936 - Sohn Ki-jung wins the marathon at the 11th Olympics in Berlin. Sohn, a Korean, ran for Japan, which occupied the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945. 1985 - North Korea dedicates the Koryo Hotel in its capital of Pyongyang in a joint venture with a French firm. The twin tower hote... 14:00 Aug. 08 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 8 1953 -- The South Korea-U.S. mutual defense treaty is initialed in Seoul and later signed in Washington on Oct. 1. 1960 -- The second republic, led by former President Yoon Bo-sun, is launched. 1969 -- Munhwa Broadcasting Corp. (MBC-TV) starts operations. 19... 14:00 Aug. 07 Today in Korean history Aug. 7 1933 -- Korea's first female pilot, Park Kyung-won, dies in a plane crash. 1990 - In its first report on AIDS, South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare says the number of South Koreans infected with HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, reached 100. As of the end of June 2006, the cumu... 14:00 Aug. 06 #Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 6 1902 -- Kim So-wol, known as "the Koreans' poet," is born into an upper-class family in a mountain village in North Pyongan Province, now located in North Korea. Kim married at 14, graduated from high school and went to Tokyo to attend college. After returning home, he began writing... 14:00 Aug. 05 #Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 5 1952 -- President Rhee Syng-man, 77, is reelected for a second term. After finishing his graduate studies at Harvard and Princeton universities, he worked toward establishing Korea's independence from Japanese colonial rule and held a representative position in the Korean provisional g... 14:00 Aug. 04 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 4 1926 -- Soprano Yun Sim-deok and her lover, playwright Kim U-jin, take their own lives by jumping into the sea from a ship traveling between Japan and the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. They were both 29. Yun, born into a poor family in Pyongyang, became a music teacher with... 14:00 Aug. 03 #Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 3 1983 - Samsung Electronics Co. declares it is the world's third firm to develop 64K dynamic random access memory (DRAM) after companies in the United States and Japan. 2005 - A Seoul National University research team, led by Hwang Woo-suk, announces the cloning of a dog, which was... 14:00 Aug. 02 #Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 2 1953 -- The U.S. military command moves its headquarters to Yongsan in central Seoul. 1980 -- Color television sets become available for the first time in South Korea. 1993 -- Chang Kang-je, the publisher and owner of the Hankook Ilbo-Korea Times group, dies after a long illne... 14:00 Aug. 01 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history Aug. 1 1943 -- Japan begins conscripting Koreans into the military during its colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. Japan's leaders had long hesitated to implement a conscription system in Korea after the annexation of the country in 1910 due to fears that Koreans, once armed as part of the ... 14:00 Jul. 31 Today in Korean history July 31 1959 -- Cho Bong-am, leader of the Jinbo (Progress) Party, is executed after being convicted of violating the anti-communist National Security Law by engaging in pro-communist activities. While Korea was under Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945), Cho was an independence activist... 14:00 Jul. 30 #Today in Korean history Today in Korean history July 30 1953 -- The U.S. Senate passes a bill to spend US$200 million to rehabilitate war-ravaged South Korea. The Korean War, which began in June 1950, when North Korea invaded the South, ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, three days earlier. 1953 -- Yok Do-san, a Nor... 14:00 Jul. 29 12345 Next Last Most Viewed All Categories S. Korean military fires warning shots after N. 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