Today in Korean history

Today in Korean history

Today in Korean history

Aug. 9

1936 - Sohn Ki-jung wins the marathon at the 11th Olympics in Berlin. Sohn, a Korean, ran for Japan, which occupied the Korean Peninsula from 1910-1945.

1985 - North Korea dedicates the Koryo Hotel in its capital of Pyongyang in a joint venture with a French firm. The twin tower hotel is one of the most prominent landmarks in the communist capital.

1992 - Hwang Young-jo wins the marathon at the 25th Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

2007 - South Korea's central bank lifts the key rate for August to 5 percent, the bank's first back-to-back rate hike, to curb inflation by controlling ample liquidity.

2008 -- South Korean Choi Min-ho wins a gold medal in the men's 60kg judo competition at the Beijing Olympics, bringing his country its first gold medal at those games.

2010 -- North Korea fires some 130 rounds of artillery into the disputed maritime border area with South Korea in the Yellow Sea in an apparent response to South Korea's large-scale Navy drills. No damage was caused to South Korean ships.

2011 -- South Korea's unification ministry's website is targeted in an attempted cyberattack.

2012 -- North Korea has virtually ditched its planned economy system and state rationing recently, and inaugurated freer management policies under the new regime of Kim Jong-un, a news report shows.

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