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Tue, 01/26/2010 - 13:29
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Today in Korean History
Today in Korean History
Jan. 27
1883 -- The Joseon Dynasty designates the "Taegeukki" as the national flag.
1959 -- Lee Dong-jun, a correspondent of the Soviet Union's Pravda newspaper in
Pyongyang, defects to South Korea through the truce village of Panmunjom.
1971 -- South Korea puts the Vienna Convention on consular relations into force.
1994 -- Kim Dae-jung, then head of the now defunct Democratic Party, establishes
the Asia-Pacific Peace Foundation.
2003 -- South Korean presidential envoy Lim Dong-won leaves for Pyongyang to
discuss with North Korean leaders ways to resolve the North's standoff with the
United States over its nuclear weapons program.
2005 -- South Korea's foreign ministry calls in China's ambassador to express
regret over Beijing's repatriation to North Korea of a former South Korean
solider taken prisoner during the 1950-53 Korean War.
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Jan. 27
1883 -- The Joseon Dynasty designates the "Taegeukki" as the national flag.
1959 -- Lee Dong-jun, a correspondent of the Soviet Union's Pravda newspaper in
Pyongyang, defects to South Korea through the truce village of Panmunjom.
1971 -- South Korea puts the Vienna Convention on consular relations into force.
1994 -- Kim Dae-jung, then head of the now defunct Democratic Party, establishes
the Asia-Pacific Peace Foundation.
2003 -- South Korean presidential envoy Lim Dong-won leaves for Pyongyang to
discuss with North Korean leaders ways to resolve the North's standoff with the
United States over its nuclear weapons program.
2005 -- South Korea's foreign ministry calls in China's ambassador to express
regret over Beijing's repatriation to North Korea of a former South Korean
solider taken prisoner during the 1950-53 Korean War.
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