Constitution Day is a national holiday established under the National Day Act 1949 to celebrate the enactment and promulgation of the Constitution on July 17, 1948, pledge to protect its ideology, and promote the spirit of compliance.

Actress Kang Soo-yeon won the best actress award at the 16th Moscow International Film Festival, which ended on July 18, 1989, for director Lim Kwon-taek's "Ajeje Varaise."

The Moscow Film Festival, which won the best actress award for the first time in Korean film history, is one of the world's four biggest film festivals along with the Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals.

Aje Aje Baraise is a movie about how a bhikkhuni gets Buddhist enlightenment through his departure, wandering and anguish.

Yeo Un-hyung joined the independence movement in 1918, forming the New Korea Youth Party in Shanghai. In 1919, he sent representatives to the Paris Peace Conference to promote Joseon's independence and served as deputy foreign minister for the Shanghai Provisional Government.

In November 1919, Yeo Un-hyeong was invited by the Japanese cabinet. In a speech to hundreds of Japanese journalists, he insists on the independence of Joseon and criticizes the Japanese government. The Japanese cabinet, which tried to appease Yeo Un-hyeong, is facing a backlash and is facing the dissolution of the House of Representatives. In 1929, Yeo Un-hyung was arrested by Japanese police and jailed for three years. After being released from prison, he became the president of the Chosun Ilbo and posted a photo of Sohn Ki-jung deleting the Japanese flag when he won the marathon at the Berlin Olympics.

In August 1944, Yeo Un-hyeong gathered patriotic forces from left to right to form a national foundation alliance. This will be the foundation of the National Foundation Preparation Committee, which has a system two days after its liberation. However, the path to establishing a unified government was not easy. The left-right confrontation has become intense within the trusteeship of the Moscow Tripartite Conference. The first joint committee of the U.S. and Japan, which was trying to discuss the formation of a unified provisional government, collapsed.

In June 1946, Rhee Syng-man proposed the establishment of a single government in Jeongeup, and Yeo Un-hyeong opposed it. Yeo Un-hyung, who pushed for a left-right joint effort to establish a unified government, is bombarded with criticism and attacks from both camps, and constant terror attacks occur against him. Eventually, Yeo Un-hyung was assassinated on July 19, 1947. His death stops his dream of establishing a unified government.

Busan Subway Line 1 was opened on 19 July 1985.

The route opened was the first stage of the Busan Subway Line 1, connecting the Beomnaegol from Nopo-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan.

It is the first urban railway line in Busan Metropolitan City, which opened on April 20, 2017, at the end of the section of Dadaepo Beach Station.

It is the first urban railway to be opened in non-capital cities across the country.

On July 20, 1978, a nuclear power plant was constructed for the first time in Korean history, and the completion ceremony and groundbreaking ceremony for Units 5 and 6 were held.

Over the years, the Gori-1 reactor has supported Korea's economic growth.

In 1978, the first year of operation, the company accounted for 9 percent of the nation's total power generation capacity, and with the increased nuclear power plants, we were able to respond to the greatly increased demand for electricity in the course of economic development.

On June 19, 2017, the country's first Gori Nuclear Power Plant was permanently shut down 40 years after its completion in 1977.

Kim Jin-ho (born December 1, 1961) is a native of Yecheon-gun, North Gyeongsang Province who started archery while attending Yecheon Middle School.

Kim Jin-ho (December 1, 1961) is from Yecheon-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and started archery while attending Yecheon Girls' Middle School.

He was selected as a national representative while attending Yecheon Girls' High School and won the world archery championship by winning the 30m, 50m, 60m, individual and group competitions at the World Archery Championships held in Berlin in 1979.

He also raised high expectations at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but he was unable to participate as a boycott of the Republic of Korea.

Kim Jin-ho, who again won five crowns at the World Championships held in Los Angeles in 1983, is the first player to show the potential of Korean archery to the world stage.

On July 20, 1948, the first presidential and vice-presidential elections were held at the National Assembly.
It was an indirect election method in which more than two-thirds of the members of the National Assembly attended and more than two-thirds of the members present were required to win the election.

The three candidates were Rhee Syng-man of the Korean National Congress for Independence and Kim Gu and Ahn Jae-hong of the independents.
As a result of the election, 197 out of 198 lawmakers in the National Assembly attended, with Rhee winning 92.3 percent of the vote, while Kim Gu won 13 votes and Ahn Jae-hong won two.
In the vice-presidential election, Lee Si-young was elected with 133 votes.

On July 25, 1970, the largest children's center in the East opened in Namsan, Seoul.

The building has one basement floor and 18 floors above the ground, with a total construction cost of 600 million won at that time.

Inside the building is a gymnasium, a swimming pool, a dance room, and a library with 11,000 books.

Namsan Children's Center was transferred to the National Library of Korea in 1974 and moved to a new center in Neung-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul in 1975.

Even now, the Namsan branch of the Seoul Science Exhibition Center is continuing its reputation.

Rhee served as the first president of the Republic of Korea from 1948 to 1960. After becoming the National Assembly speaker in May 1948, he took office as the first president in July and carried out a thorough anti-communist policy.

During the Korean War, he opposed a cease-fire, and in 1952, the Constitution was revised to a direct presidential election system and re-elected as the second president.

In 1954, he pushed ahead with a constitutional amendment to abolish the restriction on the second term of the president, and was elected the third president in 1956. During the presidential election on March 15, 1960, the ruling party (Liberty Party) and the government organized a rigged election and were elected for the fourth term, but the April 19 Revolution broke out nationwide.

On April 26, 1960, Syngman Rhee finally issued a resignation statement and defected to Hawaii. He died in exile in 1965 and was buried in the National Cemetery.

The agreement on Korean military cease-fire refers to the armistice agreement that stopped war activities in the Korean War.

The armistice agreement, signed on July 27, 1953 between U.N. Commander Clarke and Communist Party commander Kim Il-sung and Paengdeokhoe, took effect from 22 p.m.

As a mandatory clause in the armistice agreement, the peace agreement had to be discussed between the parties to the armistice within three months.

And the Geneva talks in 1954 had to be discussed in detail, but the U.S. side's avoidance of negotiations did not actually lead to a deep discussion.

On July 30, 1993, 192 South Korean military construction support engineers departed from Seongnam Seoul Airport to participate in Somalia's United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) for the first time in the Korean military.

The Sangnoksu unit was sent to Somalia from July 1993 to February 1995 to carry out road repairs and community support activities, mostly destroyed by civil war.

From August 1, 1981, the Enforcement Decree of the Passport Act, which aims to liberalize overseas travel, was implemented.

The revised enforcement ordinance of the Passport Act, which was revised in line with the expansion of national power and international exchanges, calls for expanding the scope of permission for overseas travel and simplifying the passport application process.

Single and multiple passports have been removed, and married couples travel abroad and age restrictions have been abolished.

The full liberalization of overseas travel took place in 1989, when the confidence of successfully hosting the 1988 Seoul Olympics and the internationalization through the Olympics increased demand for overseas travel.

Born in Busan on 22 January 1953, Yang Jung-mo won the gold medal in the freestyle 62 kg category at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

South Korea won the gold medal for the first time in the Olympic Games since Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.

Jeong Yak-yong (丁若鏞, August 5, 1762 (June 16, 1762) to April 7, 1836, 1836 (February 22, 1836) was a civil servant, writer, poet, philosopher, scientist, and engineer of the late Joseon Dynasty.

It contributed greatly to laying the foundation for modern engineering in the Joseon Dynasty. In addition, Jeong Yak-yong integrated the ideas of Silhak, which came down through the interests of Hyungwon and Seongho, into one body.

Books related to Neo-Confucianism, astronomy, geography, history, industry, and clothing, as well as "Gyeongse Youpyo," "Mokminsimseo," and "Humheum Sinseo" are all examples of social, economic, and ideological affairs, which can be said to be the result of "multi-academics."

In 2012, Jeong was selected as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage along with Russo and Hesse.

On August 5, 1953, the exchange of prisoners of war began.

The exchange of prisoners was the first exchange of prisoners under the extradition agreement signed in June of the same year.