November 19, 2024 00:00
In 1598, Admiral Yi Sun-shin of the Joseon Dynasty Navy was martyred in the “Noryang Sea Battle” between the combined fleets of the Joseon Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese Navy. He was given the posthumous title “Chungmu”.
In 1905, playwright Yoo Chi-jin (1905-1974) was born.
South Korea and Swaziland established diplomatic relations in 1968.
In 1985, South Korea became a full member of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.
In 1987, Samsung Group founder Lee Byung-cheol (1910-1987) passed away.
Russian President Yeltsin, who visited South Korea in 1992, formally apologized to South Korea for the former Soviet Union’s shooting down of a South Korean passenger plane in 1983, and handed over the two black boxes of the Boeing 747 passenger plane to South Korea.
In 1997, South Korea and North Korea opened a hotline for civil aviation control and successfully conducted trial calls. North Korea later opened its airspace to South Korean civilian aircraft in April 1998.
In 2000, tennis player Lee Hyung-taek became the first Korean to be shortlisted for the top 100 in the world.
In 2009, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held talks with U.S. President Obama at the Blue House, and the two sides reached consensus on a “grand bargain” plan to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue in one fell swoop.
In 2012, a delegation from Hyundai Asan visited North Korea to commemorate the 14th anniversary of the Mount Kumgang tourism project.
In 2012, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak held talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Phnom Penh.
In 2013, the South Korean government released the “List of Victims of the March 1st Movement” and the “List of Victims of the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan.” The March 1st Movement refers to a large-scale national liberation movement that broke out on the Korean Peninsula under Japanese colonial rule on March 1, 1919. The “List of Victims of the March First Movement” contains the names, ages, addresses, dates, locations and specific deeds of the 630 victims. The “List of Victims of the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan” contains a list of 290 Koreans who were killed after the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan on September 1, 1923. It is estimated that between 6,661 and 20,000 Koreans were killed.
The first Incheon International Ocean Forum 2020 (IIOF 2020) opened at the Incheon Songdo Convention and Exhibition Center.
In 2020, Seoul received 68.2 millimeters of rainfall and a minimum temperature of 17.1 degrees Celsius, both setting new highs for the same month in previous years.
In 2021, South Korea was successfully re-elected as a council member of the UNESCO International Hydrological Program (UNESCO-IHP) at the 41st General Conference of UNESCO.
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