from Anyang who were returning from a picnic. 1964: Three people were killed and 100 injured in an explosion of artillery duds in an Anyang workshop. 1973: Anyang is granted city status. 1977: A flood devastates the Seoul region killing 335, including 148 in Anyang and adjacent areas. Anyang Technical College opens. 1991: Police forced their way into Anyang Prison Hospital to retrieve the body of Labour Leader Park Chang-soo who they believed had committed suicide by leaping from a window. It took nine hours to get past the 1,500 protesters who were protecting the body in the belief that he had been murdered and that the police were trying to consist a cover-up. 1995: Former South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan was placed in Anyang Prison as he was to be indicted on charges stemming from a 1979 mutiny. 1997: Chun Doo-hwan is freed from Anyang Prison. 2001: Anyang City officials tell Komachi Japan they will not accept seventeen Komachi exchange students due to distorted content of Japanese text books on the Korean War. 2007: In September, 23 Korean hostages, held captive by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, are freed and upon their arrival are taken to Sam Anyang Hospital. Hye-jin Lee, 11, and her friend Ye-seul Woo, 8, went missing on Christmas Day in Anyang. Lee's body was found on a mountain in Suwon 77 days after the children went missing. 2013: The 12th Anyang Citizens Festival was held in Pyeongchon Central Park. This festival celebrated Anyang's 40th anniversary as a city. Demographics Like most cities in South Korea, the population is made up almost entirely of ethnic Koreans. In 1968, the population was about 50,000 and in 2004 the population was around 600,000. In 2007, there were 624,197 South Koreans resident in Anyang (311,702 males and 312,495 females), and 6,491 non-South Koreans (3,148 males and 3,343 females). Non-South Koreans were Chinese (4,706), Vietnamese (315), Americans (283), Filipinos (168), Japanese (147), British (21), and others including Israelis (771). Administration Administrative divisions Anyang has 2 administrative wards: Manan-gu (made up of three areas) - households: 100,900 Dongan-gu (made up of four areas) - households: 125,600 Subdivisions The city is divided into 31 further subsidiary districts ('dong') subdivisions of cities and counties in South Korea. *Figures based on resident registration figures made available by local government offices. City plans In early 2010, previous Anyang mayor, Phil-woon Lee announced plans to build a