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 1962 December
 * Major constitutional changes ratified in national referendum.

1963 October
 * General Pak wins narrow victory over former President Yun Po-son in presidential elections.

December
 * General Pak inaugurated as President of Third Republic.

1965 January
 * National Assembly votes to send noncombat troops to South Vietnam.

August
 * National Assembly approves dispatch of first combat troops to South Vietnam.

August-December
 * South Korea-Japan normalization accords ratified and instruments of ratification exchanged.

1966 March
 * National Assembly approves dispatch of additional combat troops to South Vietnam.

1967 February
 * Korea-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement enters into force.

May
 * Pak Chong-hui is reelected for a second term as President.

1968 January
 * 31-man North Korean commando squad tries to seize Blue House (presidential mansion) in Seoul.

1969 October
 * Constitutional change to permit presidential third term ratified in national referendum.

1971 April
 * Pak Chong-hui wins third term in close election by defeating Kim Tae-chung of the New Democratic Party.

August
 * Seoul proposes talks between North and South Korean Red Cross societies for purpose of reuniting families separated by the Korean war.

1971 September
 * Informal talks between Red Cross societies start.

December
 * President Pak declares state of national emergency to tighten controls on the population in conjunction with the North-South talks.

1972 August
 * Formal Red Cross talks between North and South Korea begin.

October
 * President Pak declares martial law and abrogates constitution preparatory to making major government changes.

November
 * Constitution rewritten to give the President sweeping new powers.

December
 * Pak Chong-hui elected to extended 6-year term.

1973 March Withdrawal of South Korean forces from South Vietnam completed. 23