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Mon, 01/25/2010 - 13:31
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Today in Korean history
Today in Korean history
Jan. 26
1950 -- South Korea and the United States sign a mutual defense and assistance
treaty. The agreement was sealed five months before the Korean War broke out in
June.
1962 -- The last princess of the Joseon Dynasty, Deokhye-ongju, returns from
Japan after more than 30 unhappy years there. Born in 1912, two years after Korea
became a Japanese colony, the daughter of Emperor Gojong found herself a victim
of the turbulent times.
1985 -- Mother Teresa visits South Korea.
2001 -- Lee Su-hyeon, a South Korean studying in Japan, dies when he is hit by a
train in a Tokyo subway station after saving a drunken Japanese man who fell onto
the tracks.
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Jan. 26
1950 -- South Korea and the United States sign a mutual defense and assistance
treaty. The agreement was sealed five months before the Korean War broke out in
June.
1962 -- The last princess of the Joseon Dynasty, Deokhye-ongju, returns from
Japan after more than 30 unhappy years there. Born in 1912, two years after Korea
became a Japanese colony, the daughter of Emperor Gojong found herself a victim
of the turbulent times.
1985 -- Mother Teresa visits South Korea.
2001 -- Lee Su-hyeon, a South Korean studying in Japan, dies when he is hit by a
train in a Tokyo subway station after saving a drunken Japanese man who fell onto
the tracks.
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