2017 in South Korea
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Events in the year 2017 in South Korea.
Incumbents
- President:
- Park Geun-hye (Powers and duties suspended as of December 9, 2016),
- Hwang Kyo-ahn (Acting President as of December 9, 2016);
- Moon Jae-in (since 10 May)
- Prime Minister:
- until 11 May: Hwang Kyo-ahn
- 11 May-31 May: Yoo Il-ho (acting)
- starting 31 May: Lee Nak-yeon
Events
- 17 February – Hanjin Shipping was bankruptcy.[citation needed]
- 3 April – Lotte Corporation shoots off fireworks to celebrate its opening of the 123-floor Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea. It is the tallest skyscraper in Korea and the 5th tallest in the world.[1]
- 9 May – 2017 South Korean presidential election
Deaths
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- 18 January – Jung Mi-Kyung, novelist (b. 1960)[2]
- 30 October - Kim Joo-hyuk, actor (b. 1972)
- 18 December
- Kim Jong-Hyun, lead singer, SHINee (b. 1990)[3]
- Choi Seo-In, comedian, (b. 1983)
See also
- List of South Korean films of 2017
- 2017 in South Korean music
- 2017 in South Korean football
- Years in South Korea
References
- ↑ Sohee, Kim (3 April 2017). "Inside the World's Newest Mega-Skyscraper". Bloomberg. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ↑ "이상문학상 소설가 정미경 별세 이유? 향년 57세 빈소 한림대성심병원 발인 20일". conypro.tistory.com (in 한국어). Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ↑ "Death of Jonghyun: Success of SHINee's lead vocalist went beyond the K-Pop boyband". The Straits Times. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
