Today in Korean History

April 14

1967 -- The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, a set of multilateral trade
agreements aimed at the abolition of tariffs, quotas and subsidies, goes into
effect in South Korea. The international accord was formed in 1947 and lasted
until 1994, when its functions were taken over by the World Trade Organization.

1978 -- The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts opens in Seoul.

1980 -- Then President Choi Kyu-hah appoints Chun Doo-hwan, defense security
commander, as the acting head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency,
predecessor of the National Intelligence Service.

1999 -- A special investigation team looking into the death of Army Lieutenant
Kim Hoon, whose death was suspected of being linked to his subordinates'
unauthorized contact with North Korean soldiers, concludes that Kim committed
suicide by firing a bullet into his right temple. Kim was found dead in February
1998 at a bunker inside the Joint Security Area in the truce village of
Panmunjom, where he was on guard duty.
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