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Today in Korean history
Today in Korean history
May 21
1947 -- The second U.S.-Soviet Joint Commission opens to discuss forming a joint
transitional government and trusteeship in Korea. The talks broke off on July 10.
The ideological divide between Washington and Moscow that was reflected in
southern and northern Korea, respectively, led to the 1950-1953 Korean War.
1961 -- The junta led by then general Park Chung-hee announces the arrest of some
2,000 communist sympathizers and 4,200 gangsters nationwide. Park, who just days
earlier on May 16 had taken over the country in a military coup and was later to
make himself president, conducted a massive manhunt against those critical of his
political power.
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May 21
1947 -- The second U.S.-Soviet Joint Commission opens to discuss forming a joint
transitional government and trusteeship in Korea. The talks broke off on July 10.
The ideological divide between Washington and Moscow that was reflected in
southern and northern Korea, respectively, led to the 1950-1953 Korean War.
1961 -- The junta led by then general Park Chung-hee announces the arrest of some
2,000 communist sympathizers and 4,200 gangsters nationwide. Park, who just days
earlier on May 16 had taken over the country in a military coup and was later to
make himself president, conducted a massive manhunt against those critical of his
political power.
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