Today in Korean history
May 23
1985 -- South Korean university students storm into a U.S. cultural center in Seoul and launch a sit-in. The protesters demanded the U.S. apologize for allegedly overlooking a bloody crackdown by South Korea's then military-backed regime on anti-government protests in the southern city of Gwangju in 1980.
1995 -- South Korea's second-largest city of Busan is selected to host the 2002 Asian Games.
1996 -- A North Korean military pilot flying a MiG-19 jet defects to South Korea.
2002 -- A group of five North Korean family members arrives in South Korea after fleeing their hunger-stricken homeland.
2014 -- North Korea announces it will participate in the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea.
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