Today in Korean history
Aug. 4
1926 marked a tragic day in Korean history as soprano Yun Sim-deok and her lover, playwright Kim U-jin, took their own lives by jumping into the sea from a ship traveling between Japan and the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Both were 29 years old. Yun, born into a poor family in Pyongyang, became a music teacher with her gifted voice and passion for success and was the first Korean paid by the government to study in Japan.
Kim, a married man studying English literature in Japan at Waseda University, met Yun while participating in a student drama association there. Fast forward to 1949, Greece recognized South Korea, following South Korea's establishment with the backing of the United States in 1950.
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