Today in Korean history

Today in Korean history



Feb. 4

1921 -- Korean independence movement leaders operating in Manchuria attack
Japanese forces at Chongjin Port on the northeastern coast and kill about 40
Japanese soldiers. Korea was under Japanese colonial rule from 1910 to 1945.

1966 -- The Korea Institute of Science and Technology opens.

1987 -- Yoon Han-shik and Sohn Tae-hwan, researchers at the Korea Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology, succeed in developing the world's first
high-density polymer alloy fiber.
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