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Fri, 09/12/2008 - 11:27
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Today in Korean history
Today in Korean history Sept. 12
1921 - Korean independence fighter Kim Ik-sang throws a bomb into the
headquarters of the Japanese colonial government in an attempt to kill the Japanese governor-general of Korea, Makoto Saito. Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.
1983 - The South Korean government delivers an official letter to the ambassador of the Soviet Union in the United States to request compensation for the families of victims in the shooting down of a Korean Air plane.
The South Korean airliner, carrying 269 people including 61 Americans, was shot down by a Soviet air force jet while en route from New York to Seoul.
1988 - The 94th General Assembly of the International Olympic Committee is held
in Seoul.
1990 - Heavy rain in the central region of South Korea causes flooding, leaving
120 people dead or missing.
1991 - An athletics meeting for overseas Koreans is held in South Korea with
1,652 Koreans from 88 countries participating.
2002 - The presidential Truth Commission on Suspicious Deaths reveals that eight
people executed in 1974 on charges of trying to overthrow the South Korean
government were framed by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, the predecessor
of today's National Intelligence Service.
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1921 - Korean independence fighter Kim Ik-sang throws a bomb into the
headquarters of the Japanese colonial government in an attempt to kill the Japanese governor-general of Korea, Makoto Saito. Japan colonized the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.
1983 - The South Korean government delivers an official letter to the ambassador of the Soviet Union in the United States to request compensation for the families of victims in the shooting down of a Korean Air plane.
The South Korean airliner, carrying 269 people including 61 Americans, was shot down by a Soviet air force jet while en route from New York to Seoul.
1988 - The 94th General Assembly of the International Olympic Committee is held
in Seoul.
1990 - Heavy rain in the central region of South Korea causes flooding, leaving
120 people dead or missing.
1991 - An athletics meeting for overseas Koreans is held in South Korea with
1,652 Koreans from 88 countries participating.
2002 - The presidential Truth Commission on Suspicious Deaths reveals that eight
people executed in 1974 on charges of trying to overthrow the South Korean
government were framed by the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, the predecessor
of today's National Intelligence Service.
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