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Mon, 01/19/2009 - 12:56
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Today in Korean History
Today in Korean History
Jan. 20
1919 -- Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon Dynasty, dies.
1968 -- Thirty-one North Korean commandos infiltrate Seoul to assassinate
President Park Chung-hee. The North Korean troops were stopped 300 meters from
the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae. Twenty-eight were killed and one was
captured, while two others are believed to have returned to the North across the
border. The only survivor, Kim Sin-jo, shouted in a nationally televised news
conference that "I came here to cut the throat of Park Chung-hee!"
1974 -- South Korea and West Germany sign a visa waiver accord.
2005 -- A South Korean maritime police boat crosses the inter-Korean border on
the East Sea on a search-and-rescue mission after a South Korean cargo vessel
sank in North Korean waters. Only four of the sunken vessel's 18-member crew
survived.
Jan. 20
1919 -- Gojong, the 26th king of the Joseon Dynasty, dies.
1968 -- Thirty-one North Korean commandos infiltrate Seoul to assassinate
President Park Chung-hee. The North Korean troops were stopped 300 meters from
the presidential office of Cheong Wa Dae. Twenty-eight were killed and one was
captured, while two others are believed to have returned to the North across the
border. The only survivor, Kim Sin-jo, shouted in a nationally televised news
conference that "I came here to cut the throat of Park Chung-hee!"
1974 -- South Korea and West Germany sign a visa waiver accord.
2005 -- A South Korean maritime police boat crosses the inter-Korean border on
the East Sea on a search-and-rescue mission after a South Korean cargo vessel
sank in North Korean waters. Only four of the sunken vessel's 18-member crew
survived.
