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1948
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4.3.1948
In Jeju, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju massacre.
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7.17.1948
The South Korean constitution is proclaimed.
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1950
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1960
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4.19.1960
Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against their president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign. |
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1973
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8.8.1973
Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
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1974
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8.15.1974
Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee. |
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8.15.1974
Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee. |
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11.2.1974
78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started. |
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1980
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5.18.1980
Gwangju Massacre: students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
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5.27.1980
The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
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1982
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4.26.1982
57 people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. |
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1983
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10.9.1983
Rangoon bombing: attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast. |
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1991
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1995
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6.29.1995
The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937. |
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1996
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12.26.1996
Start of the largest strike in South Korean history.
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2000
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6.13.2000
President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter- Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang. |
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2002
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4.15.2002
An Air China Boeing 767-200, flight CA129 crashes into a hillside during heavy rain and fog near Busan, South Korea, killing 128.
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6.29.2002
Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel. |
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2003
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2.18.2003
Nearly 200 people die in the Daegu subway fire in South Korea.
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2005
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4.24.2005
Snuppy, the world's first cloned dog is born in South Korea. |
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2007
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5.17.2007
Trains from North and South Korea cross the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This is the first time that trains have crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. |
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10.2.2007
President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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12.7.2007
The ''Hebei Spirit'' oil spill begins in South Korea after a crane barge being towed by a tug collides with the Very Large Crude Carrier, ''Hebei Spirit''.
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