| 1950 | Jul 20, 1950 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in a ringing communique at noon today, declared the Communist invaders of the South Korean Republic had lost their chance for victory and that United States forces had established a secure grasp on the remaining territories of South Korea. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F15F63B5F177A93C2AB178CD85F448585F9
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| 1953 | Jun 9, 1953 - President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea was warned today by one of his country's most powerful and steadfast friends in Congress that any action he might take to upset the Korean truce would not be tolerated here. President Syngman Rhee of the Republic of Korea was warned today ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50911FA3D5B107A93CBA9178DD85F478585F9
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| 1987 | Jun 29, 1987 - So are many non-Koreans, including officials of the Reagan Administration. The US maintains 40000 troops in South Korea, a military presence that has persisted since the end of the Korean War in 1953. With the heavily armed Soviet- and Chinese-backed Communist dictatorship of North ... www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,964793-3,00.html
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| 1997 | Dec 4, 1997 - By ANDREW POLLACK. South Korea also agreed to take steps to attract more foreign investment, including allowing companies to raise money abroad through debt issues. American officials also said they were hopeful that United States and other foreign banks would acquire South Korean ... www.nytimes.com/1997/12/04/business/crisis-south-korea-bailout-package-loans-worth-55-billion-set-for- korea.html?pagewanted=2
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| 2002 | Dec 31, 2002 - By JAMES BROOKE. SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 30 ? President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea said today that pressure and isolation would not persuade North Korea to end its nuclear arms program, pointing up the South's differences with the United States. "Pressure and isolation have never ... www.nytimes.com/2002/12/31/international/asia/31SEOU.html?pagewanted=all
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| 2003 | Aug 23, 2003 - PANMUNJOM, Korea_If there ever was a comforting thought for South Koreans living in the shadow of a dangerous North Korea, it was that US troops along the demilitarized zone were there to act as a tripwire, guaranteeing America's immediate involvement should the North ever attack. ... www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-8174051.html
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| 2006 | Oct 13, 2006 - By CHOE SANG-HUN. SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 12 — South Korea, one of the few countries that can financially squeeze North Korea, slid into a bitter internal dispute Thursday over how to punish the North for its reported test of a nuclear device. After days of squabbling, the South ... www.nytimes.com/2006/10/13/world/asia/13seoul.html?pagewanted=print
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| 2007 | Jan 4, 2007 - By Choe Sang-Hun. SEOUL — Selling noodles and seaweed rolls 12 hours a day, six days a week at her hole-in-the-wall snack booth in southern Seoul, Kim Sung Hee earns $54 on a good day. In Seoul, that's hardly enough to provide for her 5-year-old daughter and her ailing 74-year-old ... www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/world/asia/04iht-korea.4097202.html?pagewanted=all
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| 2008 | Mar 28, 2008 - Missile launches and the expulsion of South Korean personnel from a joint industrial zone show Pyongyang's irritation with Seoul. By Arthur Bright. In what experts say is a sign of North Korea's growing frustration with South Korea's new, more critical government, North Korean forces ... www.csmonitor.com/2008/0328/p99s01-duts.html
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| 2009 | May 27, 2009 - By CHOE SANG-HUN. SEOUL, South Korea — One day after North Korea warned of a possible attack against the South, the United States and South Korea ordered their forces here to their highest alert for three years, increasing surveillance flights and satellite reconnaissance to counter ... www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/world/asia/29korea.html?em
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