Today in Korean history

Today in Korean history
March 28
1953 -- North Korea agrees to exchange prisoners of war wounded during the
ongoing conflict with South Korea. The war ended in a ceasefire signed in July
later that year.

1969 -- Archbishop Stephen Kim Sou-hwan is ordained as South Korea's first cardinal.

1974 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Oman.

1993 -- A Busan-bound train from Seoul derails and overturns near Gupo Station,
outside the southeastern port city. The accident left 68 people dead and 123
others injured.

1994 -- Then President Kim Young-sam holds a summit with then Chinese President
Jiang Zemin in Beijing.

1995 -- The domestically built "Cheonma" surface-to-air missile is successfully
test-fired.

1997 -- Chung Bo-keun, then chairman of Hanbo Group, is arrested on charges of
embezzling company funds.

2003 -- The Labor Ministry announces a plan to introduce an "employment permit
system" for foreign migrant workers under which they are granted greater labor
rights and legal protection equivalent to their Korean peers for up to three
years.

2004 -- The Supreme Court convicts Lim Dong-won, former chief of the National
Intelligence Service, and five others in connection with Hyundai Group's illegal
remittance of US$450 million to North Korea just days before the first-ever
inter-Korean summit in 2000.
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