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40167
Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:35
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Today in Korean history
Jan. 13
1969 -- Samsung Electric Industries Co., now Samsung Electronics Co., is founded
in the city of Daegu and begins manufacturing electronic appliances such as TVs,
calculators, refrigerators, air conditioners and washers. Samsung Electronics
eventually became South Korea's largest company and the world's leading computer
memory chipmaker.
1903 -- A group of more than 100 Koreans lands in Honolulu, Hawaii after
traveling across the Pacific Ocean on the S.S.Gaelic, marking the first wave of
Korean emigration to the United States.
2000 -- Park Tae-joon takes office as South Korea's 32nd prime minister.
sam@yna.co.kr
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1969 -- Samsung Electric Industries Co., now Samsung Electronics Co., is founded
in the city of Daegu and begins manufacturing electronic appliances such as TVs,
calculators, refrigerators, air conditioners and washers. Samsung Electronics
eventually became South Korea's largest company and the world's leading computer
memory chipmaker.
1903 -- A group of more than 100 Koreans lands in Honolulu, Hawaii after
traveling across the Pacific Ocean on the S.S.Gaelic, marking the first wave of
Korean emigration to the United States.
2000 -- Park Tae-joon takes office as South Korea's 32nd prime minister.
sam@yna.co.kr
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