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| Timeline Explorer 2005 - In South Korea, President Rhee is assassinated by a Communist dissident. General Yun, commander of the army, seizes control of the nation. Yun initiates hostilities against North Korea leading to the Second Korean War, or Korea II. (Target: Smuggler's Havens) 2006 - In North Korea, the government, afraid of interference from the growing corporations, initiates an assault on Japan. Several Nadong missiles are launched at Japan with crude nuclear warheads but these fail to detonate. (Target: Smuggler's Havens) 2006 - In Japan, the North Korean attack leads to a strengthening of the growing Japanese Imperialist movement. (Target: Smuggler's Havens) 2006 - The Second Korean War ends with a South Korean victory. (Target: Smuggler's Havens) 2006 - In Korea, the Kwon Sham Group is formed through the merger of a dozen smaller companies trying to avoid hostile takeovers. (Blood in the Boardroom) 2032 - In Chiba, Japan, the oyabun of the Yakuza sends new Korean bosses to run the Seattle organizations. (Seattle Sourcebook) 2032 - In the Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, the Yakuza begins to recruit large numbers of Koreans to bolster their ranks in their war against the Mafia. (Seattle Sourcebook) 2042 - In Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, the Oyabun of the Yakuza, seeing that the new Korean bosses are now putting Korean interests over Japanese interests, sends an ultimatum to them: Pledge their loyalty to the Oyabun or face the consequences. The Koreans ignore this threat. (Seattle Sourcebook) 2043 - In Seattle Metroplex, UCAS, the Yakuza sends Japanese assassins to purge all Koreans from their organization. Most are killed but some escape. One of these, Pak Jai Kyu, begins to form the Seoulpa Rings with the help of his remaining followers. The concept catches on around the Metroplex and throughout the rest of North America. (Seattle Sourcebook) 2052 - The Eastern Tiger Corporation of Korea attempts a takeover of the Mitsuhama controlled Highstar Corporation. In a surprise move the Renraku Corporation prevents the takeover by buying a major portion of Highstar stock. This is under secret agreement with Mitsuhama and that Renraku has agreed to sell the stock back to Mitsuhama once the Eastern Tiger threat is gone. When Eastern Tiger loses interest in Highstar, Renraku refuses to sell its Highstar stock to Mitsuhama. Mitsuhama Seattle's president, Toshikazu Nakamura, appeals to the Corporate Court, but to no avail. (Corporate Shadowfiles) |