-- Rep. Frelinghuysen, R-5th Dist., had a special reason for attending the reception at the Korean Embassy for Gen. Chung Hee Park, the new leader of South Korea.

Bursting from the lips of a charging cavalry trooper was the last sound heard on this earth by untold numbers of Cheyennes, Sioux and Apaches, Mexican banditos under Pancho Villa, Japanese in the South Pacific, and Chinese and North Korean Communists in Korea.

In South Korea, the Ministry of Information and Communication has an ambitious plan to put a robot in every household by 2020.

* 2003 – The first six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

Azerbaijan currently has diplomatic relations with 160 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Republic of India, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

These include: Albania, Afghanistan Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chad, Chile, the People's Republic of China, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, DR Congo, Egypt, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Holy See ( Vatican City ), Honduras, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Nigeria, Oman, Order of Malta, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Uruguay, and Vietnam.

Australia 36. 6 %, New Zealand 20. 3 %, South Korea 16. 3 %, Mauritius 4. 9 % ( 2002 )

* 1960 – Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after twelve years of dictatorial rule.

* 1982 – 57 people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.

* 1973 – Kim Dae-jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.

It is also found and mined in South Korea.

Dame Jean was at one time a lady-in-waiting to Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, patron of the Dandie Dinmont Club, a breed of dog named after one of Sir Walter Scott's characters ; and a horse trainer, one of whose horses, Sir Wattie, ridden by Ian Stark, won two silver medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

* 1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.

** Gwangbokjeol, " Liberation Day " ( South Korea )

* 1976 – Operation Paul Bunyan at Panmunjom, South Korea.

* 1975 – 8 people in South Korea, who are involved in People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged.

* Black Day ( South Korea )

* Gwangmyeong, South Korea – since 2001

The Army had disbanded Ranger units after Korea, but kept Ranger school, on the theory that spreading Ranger School graduates throughout the Army would improve overall performance.

Daewoo's now disbanded Worthing Technical Centre in the UK conducted the initial research and platform engineering, with Daewoo's main Technical Center in Bupyong, Incheon, South Korea completing the majority of the later development programme.

The Korea Sports Council was disbanded in 1937, due to the Japanese government's oppression.

In 1955, the Provost Detachment was disbanded after a total of 264 Canadian MPs had served in Korea.

* Uri Party, a political party in South Korea

The Yeollin Uri Party ( ko: 열린우리당, en: " Our Open Party "), generally abbreviated to Uri Party ( ko: 우리당, en: " Our Party "), was the briefly ruling political party in South Korea ( 2004 – 2007 ) with a centrist political ideology.

Indeed, even after the testing of a nuclear bomb by North Korea, the Uri Party members have called for continued unconditional aid to North Korea, triggering heavy criticism and charges of its harboring Communist sympathizers.

*" Police Raid Uri Party's Office ", The Korea Times, January 16, 2006.

The 4th GA of the ICAPP was co-hosted by the governing Grand National Party and the opposition Uri Party in Seoul, Korea from 7 to 10 September 2006.

*" Senior Citizens Demand Uri Party Chairman Quit Politics ", The Korea Times, April 4, 2004.

* Uri Party, a defunct liberal political party in South Korea

* Central Committee of the Workers ' Party of Korea

* 1972 – Kim Il-sung, already Prime Minister of North Korea and General Secretary of the Workers ' Party of Korea, became the first President of North Korea.

* 1946 – The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.

* 1948 – The Second Congress of the Workers Party of North Korea is convened.

North Korea is a single-party state under a united front led by the Korean Workers ' Party ( KWP ).

The Communist Party merged with the New People's Party to form the Workers Party of North Korea ( of which Kim was vice-chairman ).

In 1949, the Workers Party of North Korea merged with its southern counterpart to become the Workers Party of Korea ( WPK ) with Kim as party chairman.

The government moved rapidly to establish a political system that was partly styled on the Soviet system, with political power monopolised by the Worker's Party of Korea ( WPK ).

Although developmental debates took place within the Workers ' Party of Korea in the 1950s, North Korea, like all the postwar communist states, undertook massive state investment in heavy industry, state infrastructure and military strength, neglecting the production of consumer goods.

China has counseled North Korea ’ s leaders to gradually open the economy to market forces, and it is possible this path will be successfully followed as well as China's policy of keeping political control firmly in the hands of the Communist Party.

The constitution defines North Korea as " a dictatorship of the people's democracy " under the leadership of the Workers ' Party of Korea, which is de facto the only legally permitted party.

The Workers ' Party of Korea maintains a monopoly on political power and Kim Jong-il remained the leader of the country, until 2011, ever since he first gained power following the death of his father.

Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Workers ' Party of Korea Central Committee ( since September 2010 ):

Central Military Commission of the Workers ' Party of Korea: Chairman Kim Jong-un ( since 2012 ), Vice-Chairmen Choe Ryong Hae and Hyon Yong-chol ( since 2012 ), Members Kim Yong Chun, Kim Jong Gak, Kim Myong Guk, Kim Kyong Ok, Kim Won Hong, Jong Myong Do, Ri Pyong Chol, Choe Pu Il, Kim Yong Chol, Yun Jong Rin, Ju Kyu Chang, Choe Sang Ryo, Choe Kyong Song, U Tong Chuk, Jang Song Thaek, and since April 2012: Hyon Chol Hae, Ri Myong Su and Kim Rak Gyom.

Broadcasting in North Korea is tightly controlled by the state and is used as a propaganda arm of the ruling Korean Workers ' Party.