Busan:A series of significant historical events have occurred on October 14 throughout Korean history.
According to Yonhap News Agency, in 1903, the Joseon Dynasty closed Suminwon, an office that oversaw overseas travel by Koreans. In 1955, South Korea and Japan resumed bilateral trade for the first time since Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, with diplomatic ties normalized a decade later in 1965. On the same date in 1991, South Korea established diplomatic relations with Lithuania. Two years later, in 1993, the film "Seopyeonje," directed by Im Kwon-taek, won awards for best director and best actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
In more recent history, on October 14, 2002, the 14th Asian Games concluded in Busan, South Korea's largest port city, with South Korea finishing second in the medal count. In 2010, a funeral was held for Hwang Jang-yop, the highest-ranking North Korean defector on South Korean soil, who passed away at the age of 87.
Continuing the timeline, in 2021, former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo died at the age of 71. Lee served as prime minister from February to April 2015 under President Park Geun-hye before stepping down due to bribery allegations.
Most recently, in 2022, North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the East Sea and approximately 170 artillery shots into maritime buffer zones, actions that were set under a 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction accord.