Today in Korean history

1950 - The United Nations General Assembly grants authorization for U.S.-led forces to advance into North Korea. This marked a turning point in the Korean War, with U.S. General Douglas MacArthur leading the Incheon landing, which shifted the tide in favor of the United Nations side.

1964 - Diplomatic relations between South Korea and Uruguay were established.

1979 - Kim Hyung-wook, a former director of the now-defunct Korean Central Intelligence Agency, went missing in Paris. He had fled abroad in the early 1970s after expressing dissent against President Park Chung-hee.

1989 - Pope John Paul II made a historic visit to South Korea.

1998 - President Kim Dae-jung and his wife, Lee Hee-ho, embarked on a four-day state visit to Japan. During their meeting with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, they signed a joint declaration pledging to overcome the past and foster new relations. Obuchi acknowledged the historical damage inflicted by Japanese colonial rule and expressed remorse.

2003 - South Korea, China, and Japan agreed to cooperate on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and resolving the North Korea's nuclear weapons program peacefully. This agreement was reached at a summit in Bali during the ASEAN-plus-three forum, attended by the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, South Korea, Japan, and China.

2018 - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.