Today in Korean History

April 28

1926 -- Song Hak-seon, a Korean fighter for independence from Japanese colonial
rule, makes an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Makoto Saito, the Japanese
governor general in Korea.

1960 -- Lee Ki-boong, who stepped down as vice president after the April 19
student revolution for democracy, commits suicide with his family at the
presidential residence in Seoul.

1986 -- Two student activists at Seoul National University, Kim Se-jin and Lee
Je-ho, burn themselves to death as part of an antiwar, anti-nuclear protest.

1995 -- A massive gas explosion during morning rush hour at a subway station
construction site in Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul, kills more than
100 people.

1997 -- Park Suk-tae, a former executive of Korea First Bank, commits suicide at
his home in Seoul. Park had testified on April 17 of that year at a parliamentary
hearing on a corruption scandal involving the South Korean conglomerate Hanbo
Group. Many creditor banks in the country were suspected of having provided loans
to the conglomerate in exchange for kickbacks.

2002 -- A reunion of separated family members from North and South Korea is held
at the Mount Geumgang resort in the North.
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