1. Timeline of South Korea Alyssa Olsen

2. 1898 (North & South Korean lines are not divided yet)  The first daily newspaper was (Maeil Shinmun) established.  http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e n&sl=ko&u=http://www.imaeil.com/&ei=I4 V6Tcwlkf2sAaDA6P4F&sa=X&oi=translat e&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQ7gEw AA&prev=/search%3Fq%3DMaeil%2BShi nmun%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox- a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en- US:official%26biw%3D1049%26bih%3D6 39%26prmd%3Divns This website keeps up on the local and world news for South Korea.  Maeil Shinmun newspaper clipping

3. August 1910 (North & South Korean lines are not divided yet)  Japan annexes Korea  Japanese Empire (Including annexed Korea)

4. 1945  Korea is no longer under Japan’s rule and is finally split into North Korea and South Korea

5. July 1953  On July 27 th, 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.

6. May 1961  A military coup was led, putting General Park Chung-hee in power.  Park led from 1961 to 1979

7. October 1979  General Park was assassinated on October 26 th, 1979 by Kim Jaegyu. General Chun Doo- hwan took his place.  This was taken after he murdered Park.

8. 1980s  Rapid increase of high-tech and computer use.  This is a factory using numerous computers to create cell phones.

9. September-October 1988  Summer Olympics were held in Seoul  This is a poster showing the dates of the Seoul Olympic Games.

10. 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

11. October 2000  Now former President Kim Dae- Jung was awarded Nobel Peace Prize.  Here he gave his speech after receiving the award.

12. March 2001  Incheon International Airport is officially opened

13. 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.

14. August 2004  The Yeongi-Kongju area was selected to replace Seoul as the new capital by 2030.

15. May 2007  For the first time in 56 years, passenger trains crossed the North Korea—South Korea border

16. May 2007  23 South Korean church workers are taken hostage in Afghanistan.  These are almost all of those who were captured by the Taliban.

17. February 2008  Namdaemun Gate is destroyed in a fire. Before During After

18. 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.

19. 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.

20. 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

21. 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.