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Fri, 07/31/2009 - 10:08
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Today in Korean history
Today in Korean history
July 31
1959 -- Cho Bong-am, leader of the "Jinbo" (Progress) Party, is executed after
being convicted of violating the anti-communist National Security Law by
conducting pro-communist activities.
While Korea was under Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945), Cho was an independence
activist who served one year in prison for participating in the March 1st
Independent Movement in 1919. After the release, he studied politics in Japan for
one year and came back to Korea with a belief that socialism could enable Koreans
to regain their sovereignty.
Cho joined communist organizations in Korea and served in key posts. He also
travelled to the Soviet Union and China to attend meetings there and organize
activities. In China, however, he was arrested again by the Japanese police and
served seven years in prison.
He was released when Korea regained its sovereignty in 1945.
Amid the ideological rift that developed in the country shortly after
independence, Cho left the communist party and turned slightly right.
In 1948, he was appointed agricultural minister and served two terms as a
lawmaker. He ran for the presidency in 1956 against Rhee Syngman, but was
defeated.
Some people have claimed Cho was brought to trial as a result of a plot by Rhee,
his political rival, but no proof of such a plot has ever been found.
1995 -- Park Yong-gil, the wife of pro-unification activist Rev. Moon Ik-hwan, is
arrested when she crosses the border at the truce village of Panmunjom after
making an unauthorized visit to North Korea.
2000 -- Alpinist Um Hong-gil completes scaling all 14 peaks of the Himalayas
which stand more than 8,000 meters above sea level. He was the first South Korean
to achieve the feat.
2002 -- South and North Korea end a Cabinet-level meeting in Seoul after issuing
a six-point agreement that called for, among other things, the re-linking of a
cross-border railway, the Kyeongui Line.
2008 -- Novelist Lee Cheong-jun who helped shape South Korea's contemporary
literature and film industry dies of lung cancer. He was 69. He wrote
"Seopyeongje" adapted for a film which attracted over a million people. He is
laid down in his hometown of Jangheung, a rural county in South Jeolla Province.
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July 31
1959 -- Cho Bong-am, leader of the "Jinbo" (Progress) Party, is executed after
being convicted of violating the anti-communist National Security Law by
conducting pro-communist activities.
While Korea was under Japanese colonial rule (1910-1945), Cho was an independence
activist who served one year in prison for participating in the March 1st
Independent Movement in 1919. After the release, he studied politics in Japan for
one year and came back to Korea with a belief that socialism could enable Koreans
to regain their sovereignty.
Cho joined communist organizations in Korea and served in key posts. He also
travelled to the Soviet Union and China to attend meetings there and organize
activities. In China, however, he was arrested again by the Japanese police and
served seven years in prison.
He was released when Korea regained its sovereignty in 1945.
Amid the ideological rift that developed in the country shortly after
independence, Cho left the communist party and turned slightly right.
In 1948, he was appointed agricultural minister and served two terms as a
lawmaker. He ran for the presidency in 1956 against Rhee Syngman, but was
defeated.
Some people have claimed Cho was brought to trial as a result of a plot by Rhee,
his political rival, but no proof of such a plot has ever been found.
1995 -- Park Yong-gil, the wife of pro-unification activist Rev. Moon Ik-hwan, is
arrested when she crosses the border at the truce village of Panmunjom after
making an unauthorized visit to North Korea.
2000 -- Alpinist Um Hong-gil completes scaling all 14 peaks of the Himalayas
which stand more than 8,000 meters above sea level. He was the first South Korean
to achieve the feat.
2002 -- South and North Korea end a Cabinet-level meeting in Seoul after issuing
a six-point agreement that called for, among other things, the re-linking of a
cross-border railway, the Kyeongui Line.
2008 -- Novelist Lee Cheong-jun who helped shape South Korea's contemporary
literature and film industry dies of lung cancer. He was 69. He wrote
"Seopyeongje" adapted for a film which attracted over a million people. He is
laid down in his hometown of Jangheung, a rural county in South Jeolla Province.
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