Today in Korean history

Dec. 9

1930 -- The governor-general of Joseon, Japan's colonial administration
maintained from 1910 to 1945 in Korea, announces its census figure for the Korean
population as 21,057,969. Joseon was Korea's last dynasty.

1991 -- South Korea joins the International Labor Organization as its 151st
member country.

1994 -- President Kim Young-sam holds a summit with his Polish counterpart, Lech
Walesa.

1997 -- South and North Korea, the United States and China hold the fourth round
of meetings in Geneva on the establishment of a peace mechanism on the Korean
Peninsula.
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