Today in Korean History
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Today in Korean history
March 20 1902 -- A telephone line is established between Seoul and Incheon. 1958 -- A commercial airline starts flights between Seoul and Jeju. 1999 -- President Kim Dae-jung holds a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae. 2011 --... 14:00 Mar. 19 -
Today in Korean history
March 19 1921 -- Na Hye-seok becomes the first female Korean painter to hold an exhibition in Korea. The exhibition was held at the headquarters of the Gyeongseong Ilbo newspaper in Seoul. 1971 -- The government begins construction on the nation's first nuclear power plant, Gori No. 1. ... 14:00 Mar. 18 -
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Today in Korean history
March 18 1912 -- The Japanese government establishes a judiciary system in Korea, a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945. Under the system, defendants can make appeals three times as in Japan and European countries. 1935 -- The first telephone switchboard in Korea begins operations at ... 14:00 Mar. 17 -
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Today in Korean history
March 17 1950 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Sweden. 1964 -- Korean Air Lines Co. begins service between Seoul and Osaka, Japan. 2002 -- Twenty-five North Koreans who sought asylum at the Spanish Embassy in Beijing arrive in South Korea via Manila, the Philippines. 2... 14:00 Mar. 16 -
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Today in Korean history
March 16 1963 -- Park Chung-hee, the then acting president of South Korea after rising to power through a military coup in 1961, proposes a referendum for a presidential election. The announcement brings fierce criticism from opposition parties and civic activists, as the former general had p... 14:00 Mar. 15 -
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Today in Korean history
March 15 1919 -- Korean immigrants in Hawaii, the U.S. mainland and Mexico hold separate meetings on how to support and finance the independence movement in their homeland, which was then a Japanese colony. They contributed wages from working on farms to help independence fighters operating o... 14:00 Mar. 14 -
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Today in Korean history
March 14 1902 -- A groundbreaking ceremony is held in Mapo, central Seoul, to mark the beginning of construction on the Gyeongui railway linking Sinuiju, a city on the Korean Peninsula's border with China, and Busan, a southeastern port city. 1940 -- A cruise ship capsizes in the sea off ... 14:00 Mar. 13 -
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Today in Korean history
March 13 1946 -- A group of students stages protests against communism, spreading in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, in Hamheung, a city located in what is now North Korea. After Korea regained its sovereignty from Japan in 1945, fierce clashes between capitalists and communists co... 14:00 Mar. 12 -
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Today in Korean history
March 12 1948 -- Korean independence fighters, including Kim Koo and Kim Kyu-sik, issue a statement opposing a U.N. General Assembly resolution adopted Feb. 26 to hold a separate general election in southern Korea. 1971 -- South Korean ground troops assume responsibility for the defense o... 14:00 Mar. 11 -
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Today in Korean history
March 11 528 -- Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea that later unified the country, declares Buddhism as the national religion after a young monk martyrs himself. 1959 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Sweden. 1985 -- Roh Tae-woo, leader of the ruling ... 14:00 Mar. 10 -
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Today in Korean history
March 10 1864 -- Choi Je-u, founder of "Donghak" (eastern learning), a movement of farmers against the feudal system and corrupt bureaucrats in the Joseon Dynasty, is executed in Daegu. He was charged with deceiving the public with false religious theories. The movement started in South Je... 14:00 Mar. 09 -
Today in Korean history
March 9 1965 -- South Korea establishes trade and culture ties with Italy. 1989 -- The first inter-Korean sports meeting is held at the border village of Panmunjom. 2000 -- President Kim Dae-jung visits Germany and announces the Berlin Declaration, in which South Korea agreed in princ... 14:00 Mar. 08 -
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Today in Korean history
March 8 1948 -- Kim Koo, an independence fighter and politician, sends a letter to North Korea proposing a meeting in Pyongyang of the leaders of the two Koreas. 1957 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Turkey. 1986 -- South Korea finishes third at the first Winter Asian G... 14:00 Mar. 07 -
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Today in Korean history
March 7 1946 -- An express train starts running on the Seoul-Busan line. 1972 -- South Korea and the United States begin a large-scale joint military exercise called "Team Spirit." 2003 -- Cliff Richard, a British pop star, performs in Seoul for the first time in 34 years. 2004 --... 14:00 Mar. 06 -
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Today in Korean history
March 6 1883 -- King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) proclaims the Taegeukgi to be the formal national flag. 1958 -- Twenty-six South Koreans return home after being held in North Korea for almost three weeks. They were taken to the North on Feb. 16 when a group of communist spie... 14:00 Mar. 05 -
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Today in Korean history
March 5 1920 -- The Chosun Ilbo begins publication. The newspaper later became one of the most popular dailies in South Korea. 1946 -- Socialist authorities governing the northern part of Korea announce a land reform law. The leadership, established one month earlier and tentatively named... 14:00 Mar. 04 -
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Today in Korean history
March 4 1866 -- Bishop Simeon Francois Berneux, who arrived in Korea in 1851 to become its fourth bishop, is executed as part of a larger persecution of Western missionaries and their converts by Korea's rulers. The persecution, which lasted until 1871 and claimed the lives of some 8,000 Kore... 14:00 Mar. 03 -
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Today in Korean history
March 3 1949 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with the Philippines. 1956 -- South Korea launches the Korea Stock Exchange, the country's first stock market operator for the main bourse. 1973 -- The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), a state-run television and radio netwo... 14:00 Mar. 02 -
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Today in Korean history
March 2 1906 -- Hirobumi Ito assumes duties as Japan's first governor-general of Korea. 1959 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Norway. 1960 -- A large fire breaks out at a rubber factory in Busan, killing 62 people. 1994 -- The government reinstates 1,135 teachers fi... 14:00 Mar. 01
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