Today in Korean history

March 6

1883 -- King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) proclaims the "taegukgi" 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 spies hijacked their plane from Busan to Seoul. The North did not
return the plane.

1979 -- South Korea and Mexico sign a visa exemption agreement.

1985 -- President Chun Doo-hwan lifts a ban on political activity imposed against
a number of opposition and other key figures, including Kim Dae-jung, Kim
Young-sam and Kim Jong-pil. Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung were both later
elected president and Kim Jong-pil served as prime minister under Kim Dae-jung's
government in the late 1990s.
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