Oct. 13 in Korean History: Kim Dae-jung's Nobel, Inter-Korean Talks and 'Squid Game' Record
Oct. 13 Korean history: Kim Dae-jung's Nobel, inter-Korean talks, Kakao privacy, Korea-China currency swap and 'Squid Game'.
On Oct. 13, 2009, North Korea agreed to South Korea's proposal for talks on preventing floods of cross-border rivers and resuming reunions of separated families, Yonhap News reported, one day after North Korea abruptly test-fired five short-range missiles near the East Sea. South Korea had sent a letter proposing that working-level talks be held in the North's border city of Kaesong to discuss measures to prevent flooding of the Imjin River, which runs along the western section of the inter-Korean border.
On Oct. 13, 2014, Daum Kakao, South Korea's top mobile messenger operator, said it would make using the best security to protect the privacy of Kakao Talk users its top priority amid concerns over a privacy breach, implying it would not respond to investigators' requests for monitoring, according to Yonhap News.
On Oct. 13, 2017, South Korea and China agreed to extend their currency swap deal, the report said.
On Oct. 13, 2021, Netflix said the South Korean-made survival drama "Squid Game" was the U.S. streamer's most successful original content, viewed by 111 million accounts in the first 28 days of release, Yonhap News reported.