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March 15, 2009: Suicide bomber kills South Korean tourists in Yemen

On this day in 2009 a suicide bomber targeted tourists at a UNESCO world heritage site in Yemen known as the ‘Manhattan of the desert” killing four

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March 5, 2015: Man stabs US ambassador in South Korea

On this day in 2015 the US ambassador to South Korea was attacked by a knife-wielding man who said he opposed joint US-South Korean military exercises.

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Taliban killing of church workers (July 19, 2007)

On this day in 2007, the Taliban kidnapped 23 South Korean evangelical Christians in 2007, killing two before releasing the rest in a $20 ransom deal with Seoul.