Kore Tarihinde Bugün 19, 20, 21, 22 Agustos

[nilamman]

Aug. 19

1964 -- South Korea joins the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an international organization of parliaments of sovereign states.


1980 -- The Culture Ministry under the Chun Doo-hwan administration forces 617 publishing companies to close by canceling their registration with the ministry. The general-turned-president had earlier announced a policy to remove or merge some media organizations so as to "make society cleaner," a pretext to restrict the freedom of the press.


1993 -- The National Assembly passes a bill on the implementation of a real-name financial transaction system, an election pledge of President Kim Young-sam. The system, aimed at fighting corruption and ensuring more transparent transactions, required all bank accounts to be registered under the name of the actual account holder.


1997 -- The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, an international consortium for the construction of two light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea, starts operation.


2000 -- North Korea's national orchestra holds its first performance in Seoul.


2003 -- The Constitutional Court nominates Chon Hyo-suk as one of its nine justices. In September, Chon became the first woman to take a post on the bench.


2009 -- North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il sends condolences on the death of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who died of complications from pneumonia on Aug. 18.

(Yonhap)

[nilamman]

Aug. 20

1901 -- Construction begins on a railroad connecting Seoul and Busan.


1907 -- A modern barber shop opens at the royal court of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).


1971 -- Red Cross officials from the two Koreas meet for the first time since the 1950-53 Korean War.

(Yonhap)

[kimyon]

Aug. 22

1946 - Seoul National University is established. The state-run university later emerged as one of the nation's top academic institutions.


1950 - South Korea starts drafting soldiers for the Korean War, which broke out on June 25 of that year. The war continued until 1953. The two Koreas technically remain at war as the conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty.


1990 - South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Nicaragua.


1991 - South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Albania.


2008 - South and North Korean political parties denounce Japan's claim on South Korea's easternmost Dokdo islets in the East Sea.

(Yonhap)

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