SEOUL , South Korea — For more than 30 days and counting, 82-year-old Hak Ja Han Moon has been confined in a 70-square-foot cell at Seoul Detention Center, where the religious leader’s attorneys say s...
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Oct. 20 1948 -- A group of soldiers in Yeosu, a port city 455 kilometers south of Seoul, rebels against the South Korean government, which had just been established. The soldiers, who supported the re...
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Oct. 25 1995 -- South Korea establishes diplomatic ties with Laos. 1996 -- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development admits South Korea as its 29th member. 2002 -- North Korea official...
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Higher property taxes alone won't stabilize housing prices Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Koo Yun-cheol stirred controversy after saying, 'In the United States, if a house is worth 5 billi...
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Oct. 23 1936 -- The first bridge built over the Han River opens, connecting the Yongsan area of Seoul to Noryangjin in the southern part of the capital. 1996 -- Ahn Doo-hee, who assassinated freedom fighter Kim Koo in 1949, is killed by one of Kim's supporters, Kwon Joong-hwi. 2000 -- U. S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits North Korea and meets the communist country's leader, Kim Jong-il. 2007 -- President Roh Moo-hyun announces the government's decision to extend the stay of South K...
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