Today in Korean History (August) / Kore Tarihinde Bugün (Agustos)

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1966 August 12
12 Agustos 1966
>> Ülkenin baslica gazetesi Rodong Sinmun'un bir makalesi Kuzey Kore'nin o dönemde müttefikleri Sovyetler Birligi ile Çin'den ideolojik bagimsizligini ifade eden özgüven anlaminaki "juche" politikasini resmen ilan etti.
>> In an editorial of its main newspaper, the Rodong Sinmun, North Korea promulgates the policy of "juche," meaning self-reliance, claiming ideological independence from its allies -- the Soviet Union and China -- at that time.


1971 August 12
12 Agustos 1971
>> Güney Kore Kizilhaçi, Kuzey Kore Kizilhaçi'na Kore Yarimadasi'nin her iki yaninda ayri yasayan aileleri bir araya getirmek için ortak bir kampanya yürütmeyi teklif etti. Her iki taraf bir yil sonra projeyi ele aldilar ancak anlasmaya varamadilar. Ailelerin bir araya getirilmesi projesi, yillar sonra Baskan Kim Dae-jung ile Kuzey Kore lideri Kim Jong-il'in bu insani olayin düzenli olarak yürütülmesi için 2000 yilindaki zirve bulusmasinda anlasmaya varmalariyla gerçeklesti.
>> South Korea's National Red Cross suggests to its North Korean counterpart a joint campaign to locate separated family members in both parts of the Korean Peninsula. The two sides met a year later to discuss the project but failed to reach an agreement. The family reunion project materialized decades later, in a 2000 summit meeting between President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il who agreed to regularly hold the humanitarian event.

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1935 August 13
13 Agustos 1935
>> Çiftçileri "aydinlatmak" için çalisan egitimli bir çiftin hayatini anlatan Shim Hun tarafindan yazilan "Yapragini Dökmeyen Agaç" romani, Dong-Ah Ilbo gazetesinin edebiyat ödülünü kazandi. Gerçek yasam deneyimlerine dayanan romanda, 20. yüzyilina baslarinda isgalcilerin çiftçilerin topraklarina ve pirinçlerine el koymasiyla fakirlestirilen Kore'nin kirsal bölgeleri tasvir edilmistir.

Siradan Kore vatandaslarini egitmeyi ve Japon sömürge yönetimine karsi haklarini açikça talep etmeye cesaret veren bu genç çift kendilerini "aydinlanma hareketi"ne adamislardir.
>> "The Evergreen," a novel by Shim Hun depicting the lives of an educated couple trying to "enlighten" farmers, wins a literary prize presented by the Dong-Ah Ilbo newspaper. The novel, based on real-life experience, portrays the impoverished Korean countryside under Japanese colonial rule in the early part of the 20th century, a time when Japanese occupiers expropriated land and rice from farmers.

The young couple dedicate themselves to the "enlightenment movement," which sought to educate ordinary Korean citizens and encourage them to demand their rights by speaking out against Japanese colonial rule.

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1961 August 14
14 Agustos 1965
>> Güney Kore, Gabon ile diplomatik iliskiler kurdu.
>> South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Gabon.


1965 August 14
14 Agustos 1965
>> Güney Kore parlamentosu, Seoul ile Tokyo arasinda imzalanan normallesme anlasmasini onayladi. Bu anlasmayla Güney Kore, 1910 ve 1945 yillari arasinda Japonya'nin Kore'yi sömürgelestirmesi için tazminat talebinden vazgeçmesi karsiliginda Japonya'dan hibe ve krediler aldi. Ancak muhalifler, 2. Dünya Savasi sirasinda zorla Japonya'ya götürülen Güney Korelilerin Japon askeri olarak hizmet etmelerinin karsiliginda anlasmadaki tazminatin yeterli olmadigini savundular.
>> South Korea's parliament ratifies the normalization agreement signed between Seoul and Tokyo. Under the treaty, South Korea received grants and loans in return for abandoning its demand for compensation for Japan's colonization of Korea between 1910 and 1945. But critics said the agreement did not provide adequate compensation for South Koreans forcibly taken to Japan to serve as Japanese soldiers during World War II.

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1945 August 15
15 Agustos 1945
>> Kore, 1910'da baslayan Japonya'nin sömürge yönetiminden kurtuldu. Ayni gün sol egilimli milliyetçi Yeo Un-hyung (1886-1947), ulusal kurulus hazirlik komitesini kurdu.
>> Korea is liberated from Japan's colonial rule, which began in 1910. On the same day, Yeo Un-hyung (1886-1947), a left-leaning nationalist, sets up a national foundation preparation committee.


1948 August 15
15 Agustos 1948
>> Kore Cumhuriyeti, diger bir adiyla Güney Kore hükümeti kuruldu.
>> The government of the Republic of Korea, or South Korea, is established.

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1914 August 16
16 Agustos 1914
>> Seoul ile Wonsan'i baglayan demiryolu hatti açildi.
>> A railway linking Seoul to Wonsan is opened.


1949 August 16
16 Agustos 1949
>> Güney Kore, Dünya Saglik Örgütü'ne katildi.
>> South Korea joins the World Health Organization.

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1901 August 17
17 Agustos 1901
>> Hansung Elektrik Sirketi, Seoul'de yanan ilk elektrik lambalarini göstermek için bir tören düzenledi.
>> Hansung Electric Co. holds a ceremony to mark the first time that electric lights are turned on in Seoul.


1962 August 17
17 Agustos 1962
>> Basbakan Jang Myun, devrim karsiti komplo suçlamalari nedeniyle fiziksel gözalti olmadan tutuklandi.
>> Prime Minister Jang Myun is arrested without physical detention on anti-revolutionary conspiracy charges.

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1955 August 18
18 Agustos 1955
>> Güney Kore ve Japonya ekonomik baglarini kopardi.
>> South Korea and Japan sever economic ties.


1972 August 18
18 Agustos 1972
>> Iki Kore'nin Kizilhaç yetkilileri kirmizi hat kurdu.
>> Red Cross officials from the two Koreas establish a hotline.

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2011 August 18
18 Agustos 2011
>> KUZEY KORE HABER BÜLTENI NO. 171 (18 Agustos 2011)
*** ÖZET HABER

>> NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 171 (August 18, 2011)
*** NEWS IN BRIEF
N. Korea Considering Family Reunions for Korean-Americans
North Korea said on Aug. 11 it is considering holding a reunion of Korean-Americans with family members they left behind in the North decades ago, a rare conciliatory gesture toward Washington.

North Korea's "Red Cross Society is positively examining the issue from a humanitarian viewpoint" in response to recent U.S. proposals for talks to discuss the reunion of separated families, a spokesman for North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

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1964 August 19
19 Agustos 1964
>> Güney Kore, egemen devletlerin parlamentolarinin uluslararasi organizasyonu olan Parlamentolar Arasi Birligi'ne katildi.
>> South Korea joins the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an international organization of parliaments of sovereign states.


1980 August 19
19 Agustos 1980
>> Chun Doo-hwan yönetimi altindaki Kültür Bakanligi, 617 yayinevinin bakanlikla tescillerini iptal ederek yayinevlerini kapatmaya zorladi. Generallikten baskanliga geçen Chun, "daha temiz toplum yaratmak" bahanesiyle basinin özgürlügünü sinirlayacak sekilde bazi medya kuruluslarinin ortadan kaldirilacagini ya da birlestirilecegini daha önceden duyurmustu.
>> 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 August 19
19 Agustos 1993
>> Ulusal Meclis, Devlet Baskani Kim Young-sam'in seçim vaadi olan finansal isletim sisteminde gerçek isim uygulamasi yasa tasarisini kabul etti. Bu sistemle tüm banka hesaplarinin gerçek hesap sahibinin adi altinda kayit edilmesi gerekli kilinarak yolsuzlukla mücadele ve daha seffaf islemlerin saglanmasi amaçlandi.
>> 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 August 19
19 Agustos 1997
>> Uluslararasi bir konsorsiyum olan Kore Yarimadasi Enerji Kalkinma Organizasyonu, Kuzey Kore'de iki adet hafif-su nükleer reaktör insaasi için çalismalara basladi.
>> The Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, an international consortium for the construction of two light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea, starts operation.


2000 August 19
19 Agustos 2000
>> Kuzey Kore'nin ulusal orkestrasi Seoul'de ilk kez performans sergiledi.
>> North Korea's national orchestra holds its first performance in Seoul.


2003 August 19
19 Agustos 2003
>> Anayasa Mahkemesi, Chon Hyo-suk'u dokuz yargicindan birisi olarak atadi. Eylül ayinda Chon, hakim kürsüsünde görev alan ilk kadin oldu.
>> 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 August 19
19 Agustos 2009
>> Kuzey Kore'nin lideri Kim Jong-il, 18 Agustos'ta zatürre nedeniyle hayatini kaybeden eski Güney Kore Devlet Baskani Kim Dae-jung'in ölümü üzerine bassagigi diledi.
>> 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.

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1901 August 20
20 Agustos 1901
>> Seoul ile Busan'i baglayan demiryolu insaati basladi.
>> Construction begins on a railroad connecting Seoul and Busan.


1907 August 20
20 Agustos 1907
>> Joseon Hanedanligi (1392-1910) kraliyet sarayinda modern berber salonu açildi.
>> A modern barber shop opens at the royal court of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910).

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1911 August 23
23 Agustos 1911
>> Kore Yarimadasi'ni 1910'dan 1945'e kadar yöneten Japon sömürge hükümeti, okullarda Kore dili kullanimini yasaklayarak Kore'de yeni bir kamu egitim sistemini ilan etti.
>> The Japanese colonial government, which ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1910 until 1945, announces a new public education system in Korea to prohibit the use of Korean language at schools.


1971 August 23
23 Agustos 1971
>> Bati sahili açiklarindaki Silmido adasinda Kuzey Kore lideri Kim Il-sung'a suikast düzenlemek için egitilen 24 kisilik Güney Koreli komando grubu Seoul'e çalinti bir otobüsle girmeye çalisirken kendilerini havaya uçurdu.
>> A group of 24 South Korean commandos trained on Silmido, an island off the west coast, to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Il-sung blow themselves up while trying to enter Seoul on a stolen bus.

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