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Sat, 12/13/2008 - 13:28
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Today in Korean history

Dec. 14

1926 -- Independence fighter Kim Koo is inaugurated as chief marshal of the
Korean Provisional Government, which was set up in Shanghai, China, during
Japan's colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945.

1950 -- The United Nations approves a resolution for the establishment of a U.N.
committee to work towards the signing of an armistice treaty in the Korean War.

2002 -- A candlelight vigil is held in over 70 cities in 12 countries, including
South Korea and the United States, in memory of two South Korean schoolgirls who
were killed in an accident involving an armored U.S. military vehicle.
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