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| 1993, Feb. 25 |
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Kim Y ng-sam was inaugurated as president, South Korea's first nonmilitary president in over 30 years. | 1 |
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| March 7 |
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| Pres. Kim granted amnesty to thousands of prisoners. | 2 |
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| March 12 |
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| Angry at international pressure, North Korea announced that it would withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Tensions continued to mount. North Korea changed its mind (June 12). | 3 |
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| June 11 |
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| U.S. president Bill Clinton went to Seoul. He further pressured North Korea to end its nuclear program. | 4 |
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| Nov. 8 |
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| Pres. Clinton issued another sharp warning on nuclear weapons to North Korea. | 5 |
| Per capita GNP in South Korea was roughly $5,000, as compared with roughly $100 in 1963. Like postwar Japan, the ROK was soaring economically. | 6 |
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