| 1945. 8. 15 | Declaration of independence from Japan |
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| 1948. 7. 17 | Promulgation of the Constitution of Republic of Korea |
| 1948. 8. 15 | Proclamation of establishment of the government of Republic of Korea. U.S military administration abolished |
| 1948. 9. 09 | Proclamation of establishment of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| 1948. 12. 01 | Announcement of the National Security Law |
| 1950. 6. 25 | Outbreak of the Korean War |
| 1953. 7. 27 | Reaching of the Armistice agreement of the Korean War |
| 1958. 2. 16 | KNA(Korean National Airlines) passenger airplane with 34 people including congressmen kidnapped to the North |
| 1960. 8. 14 | Proposition of South and North federal system by Kim Il Sung at the 8.15 celebration speech |
| 1960. 8. 27 | Prime minister Jang Myun advocates democratic peaceful unification and the enforcement of general election in South and North Korea under the supervision of U.N |
| 1968. 1. 21 | 31 Armed communist guerrillas intend to attack Cheongwadae |
| 1968. 1. 23 | The 1st South-North Coordinating Committee held at Panmunjeom |
| 1971. 9. 20 | 1st South-North Red Cross preliminary conference |
| 1972. 7. 4 | Announcement of South-North Joint Communique at July 4, 1972. |
| 1972. 8. 30 | 1st South-North Red Cross main conference |
| 1972. 10. 12 | 1st joint chairman conference of the South-North coordinating committee |
| 1973. 6. 23 | President Park Chunghee declares peaceful reunification foreign policy |
| 1973. 11. 28 | 1st contact between representatives of South-North Red Cross |
| 1974. 1. 28 | President Park Chunghee proposes to conclude the South-North Nonaggression Pact |
| 1976. 8. 18 | Ax Murder incident at Panmunjeom |
| 1977. 1. 12 | President Park Chunghee emphasizes "Peace first unification later" policy at the president’s annual State of the National message |
| 1978. 10. 17 | 3rd Tunnel for southward invasion discovered |
| 1980. 2. 6 | 1st contact of representatives preparing for the meeting of South-North prime ministers |
| 1981. 6. 5 | President Chun Doohwan proposes conference of chief executives of South and North Korea |
| 1982. 8. 15 | President Chun Doohwan declares security of free and safe visit homeland to the North Korean and Communist compatriots |
| 1983. 10. 9 | Explosion and assassination incident held by North Korea at Aungsan graveyard, Myanmar |
| 1984. 11. 15 | 1st South-North Economic Conference (at Panmunjeom) |
| 1987. 11. 29 | Explosion of KAL 858 by North Korean agents |
| 1988. 8. 15 | President Roh Taewoo proposes Inter-Korea Summit talks |
| 1989. 6. 30 | Lim Sookyung smuggles into North Korea to attend Pyong-yang youth festival |
| 1990. 7. 6 | 1st contact of business representatives for the South and North Korea high-level talks (at Panmunjeom) |
| 1990. 9. 4 | 1st South and North high-level talks held in Seoul |
| 1991. 7. 27 | South and North interchange goods for the first time |
| 1991. 9. 17 | South and North Korea joins U.N |
| 1991. 11. 29 | 1st South and North athletic conference |
| 1994. 8. 15 | President Kim Young Sam announces the 3 step unification plan for the establishment of unified nation |
| 1998. 10. 27 | The honorary president of the Hyundai Group, Jung Juyoung visits North Korea and offers 501 cows and meets Kim Jung-il |
| 1998. 11. 18 | 1st departure of the Geumgangsan cruise ship |
| 1999. 6. 15 | Violent naval conflict of South-North naval vessels at the West sea |
| 1999. 9. 28 | South-North Unification basketball game |
| 2000. 6. 15 | South-North Joint Declaration signed |
| 2000. 6. 27 | 1st South-North Red Cross Conference |
| 2000. 7. 29 | 1st South-North Ministerial talks (Seoul) |
| 2000. 8. 15 | 1st reunion of South-North separated family members |
| 2002. 6. 29 | Violent conflict between South and North Korea near Yeonpyeong island, West sea |
| 2002. 9. 5 | South-North Unification soccer game (at Seoul) |
| 2002. 9. 18 | Kyong-Ui line·East sea line railway·road connection ceremony |
