Today in Korean history

July 14

1907 -- Lee Jun, a Korean patriot, commits suicide by slashing his belly with a knife in the Hague after he was blocked from attending an international peace meeting in the Dutch city where he wanted to protest Japan's colonial subjugation of the Korean Peninsula.

1950 -- The United Nations Secretary General, acting on a Security Council resolution, appeals to U.N. member countries to contribute troops to the U.N. Command set up to fight against North Korean invaders in the Korean War.