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South Korea's foreign minister Kang Kyung-wha held a press briefing Sunday morning in Singapore

about the results of this year's ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting.

Minister Kang said there were three main takeaways from this year's meetings -- the ASEAN states'

support for the Moon administration's New Southern Policy, her encounter with North

Korean foreign minister Ri Yong-ho and the participating nations' support for change

on the Korean Peninsula.

She said, with the recent developments in Pyongyang's denuclearization, the overall

atmosphere of the meetings was very positive and supportive of the Moon administration's

efforts.

She did not elaborate on what she discussed with the North's foreign minister Friday night

when he rejected South Korea's request for bilateral talks.

But in that brief encounter at a gala dinner, she said the two did have sincere discussions

about complete denuclearization... and about the progress so far with Washington.

For more infomation >> S. Korea's FM says ASEAN states positive about Seoul's policies - Duration: 0:54.

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AMERICA FACTS || COMPANIES || USA INFO AND History || 5 August United States AMERICA Eng Subtitle - Duration: 4:03.

at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

5 August 1620 The Mayflower ship departs from

5 August 1620 The Mayflower ship departs from

Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach

North America.

5 August 1735 Freedom of the press New York Weekly

Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of

seditious libel against the royal governor of New York,

on the basis that what he had published was true.

5 August 1861 American Civil War In order to

help pay for the war effort, the United States government

levies the first income tax as part of the

Revenue Act of 1861 3% of all incomes over $800

5 August 1861 The United States Army abolishes flogging.

5 August 1862 American Civil War

Battle of Baton Rouge Along the Mississippi River

near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops

attempt to take the city,

but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.

5 August 1864 American Civil War The Battle of Mobile Bay

begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama,

Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla

through Confederate defenses

and seals one of the last major Southern ports.

5 August 1882 The Standard Oil of New Jersey

is established.

5 August 1884 The cornerstone for the

Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island

(now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.

5 August 1926 Harry Houdini

performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes

underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

5 August 1957 American Bandstand,

a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers"

by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time,

debuts on the ABC television network.

5 August 1963 Cold War

The United States,

the United Kingdom,

and the Soviet Union

sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

5 August 1964 Vietnam War

Operation Pierce Arrow American aircraft

from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation

bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes

against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

5 August 1974 Vietnam War

The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion

limit on military aid to South Vietnam.

5 August 1981 President Ronald Reagan

fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers

who ignored his order for them to return to work.