Timeline of South Korea

Alyssa Olsen

1898

(North & South Korean lines are not divided yet)

The first daily newspaper was (Maeil Shinmun) established.

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Maeil Shinmun newspaper clipping

August 1910

(North & South Korean lines are not divided yet)

Japan annexes Korea

Japanese Empire (Including annexed Korea)

1945

Korea is no longer under Japan’s rule and is finally split into North Korea and South Korea

July 1953

On July 27th, 1953, an armistice ends the Korean War, which took 2 million lives.

An front page article from the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the big news.

May 1961

A military coup was led, putting General Park Chung-hee in power.

Park led from 1961 to 1979

October 1979

General Park was assassinated on October 26th, 1979 by Kim Jaegyu. General Chun Doo-hwan took his place.

This was taken after he murdered Park.

1980s

Rapid increase of high-tech and computer use.

This is a factory using numerous computers to create cell phones.

September-October 1988

Summer Olympics were held in Seoul

This is a poster showing the dates of the Seoul Olympic Games.

September 1996

11 North Koreans who were part of a submarine crew found shot dead in obvious mass suicide and 13 killed by South Korean forces during a search operation.

North Korea’s submarine

October 2000

Now former President Kim Dae-Jung was awarded Nobel Peace Prize. Here he gave his speech

after receiving the award.

March 2001

Incheon International Airport is officially opened

June 2002

The battle between South Korean and North Korean naval vessels concludes in four South Koreans dead with 19 others wounded. Also, there are about 30 North Koreans who are thought to be killed in the same battle.

August 2004

The Yeongi-Kongju area was selected to replace Seoul as the new capital by 2030.

May 2007

For the first time in 56 years, passenger trains crossed the North Korea—South Korea border

May 2007

23 South Korean church workers are taken hostage in Afghanistan.

These are almost all of those who were captured by the Taliban.

February 2008

Namdaemun Gate is destroyed in a fire.

Before

During

After

May 2008

US beef imports are resumed. In 2003 they were cut off because Seoul feared BSE.

This proves how they used to get lots, got cut off and resumed exportation.

July 2008

Fatal shooting: A South Korean woman is shot and killed by a North Korean soldier in the Mount Kumgang tourism area, forming tensions between the North and South.

September 2009

North Koreans opened their Hwanggang Dam, which resulted in a flood drowning six South Koreans. The missing South Koreans

were camped out on a dam along the Imjin River

March 2010

South Korean Warship sinks due to a North Korean torpedo. They stop all trades between these two countries in May. Warship after being pulled

up from the ocean.