1948 — The U.S. military in South Korea hands over police authority to the South Korean government.

1988 — The government announces its plan to open up information on communist countries, including North Korea, to the public.

1997 — A Vietnamese passenger jet crashes near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, killing 65 people, including 21 South Korean passengers.

2001 — The National Assembly approves a motion to dismiss Unification Minister Lim Dong-won.

2002 — A group of 16 North Korean defectors enters a residential facility for German diplomats in Beijing and requests asylum.

2005 — The North Korean Red Cross sends a letter of condolence to its U.S. counterpart for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

2013 — Retired NBA star Dennis Rodman arrives in North Korea on his second trip to the communist nation to visit his “friend,” North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

2017 — North Korea stages its sixth and most powerful nuclear test and claims to have successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb that can be mounted on an
intercontinental ballistic missile.

Source: Yonhap News Agency