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1980 in South Korea 
Summary
Events from the year 1980 in South Korea.
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| See also: | Other events in 1980 Years in South Korea Timeline of Korean history 1980 in North Korea | ||||
Incumbents edit
- President: Choi Kyu-hah (until 16 August), Chun Doo-hwan (starting 1 September)
- Prime Minister:
- until 22 May: Shin Hyun-hwak
- 22 May-2 September: Pak Choong-hoon
- starting 2 September: Nam Duck-woo
Events edit
- May 17 - Coup d'état of May Seventeenth: General Chun Doo-hwan forces the Cabinet to extend martial law to the whole nation.[1]
- May 18–27 - Gwangju massacre: Up to 165 people are killed when a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju is crushed by the South Korean army.[2]
- May 20 - Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo order the National Assembly of Korea to be dissolved, using troops to enforce the order.
- July 8- Miss Universe 1980
- August 27 - Chun Doo-hwan is elected President of South Korea by the "National Conference for Unification".[3]
Films edit
Births edit
- 15 January - Sam Oh, TV host and radio DJ based in the Philippines
- 13 February - Lee Sang-woo, actor
- 22 February - Kang Sung-hoon, singer
- 28 February - Bada, singer-songwriter, actress and TV host
- 4 March - Jeong Da-bin, actress (d. 2007)
- 13 March - Kim Nam-gil, actor, film producer, director, singer
- 20 March - Ock Joo-hyun, singer and actress
- 21 March - Lee Jin, singer and actress
- 29 March - Kim Tae-hee, actress
- 4 April - Gong Hyo-jin, actress
- 5 April - Lee Jae-won, DJ and singer
- 9 April - Lee Yo-won, actress
- 4 May
- Park Jong-Jin, footballer
- Jang Geum-young, sport shooter[4]
- 7 May - Kim Nam-soon, archer[5]
- 8 July - Yang Tae-Young, gymnast
- 19 August - Jun Jin, singer and actor
- 16 November - Lee Eun-ju, actress
- 7 December - Choi Jung-in, singer
- 19 December - Verbal Jint, musician, rapper and record producer
- 26 December - Jo Jung-seok, actor
Deaths edit
- May 24 - Kim Jae-gyu, South Korean Army Lieutenant General, director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, and assassin of President Park Chung-hee (born 1926; executed by hanging)[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ May, The Triumph of Democracy. Ed. Shin Bok-jin, Hwang Chong-gun, Kim Jun-tae, Na Kyung-taek, Kim Nyung-man, Ko Myung-jin. Gwangju: May 18 Memorial Foundation, 2004.
- ^ "5월단체, "5.18 관련 사망자 606명"" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 2005-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
- ^ "Chun Doo Hwan". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
- ^ "Geumyoung JANG - Olympic | Republic of Korea". International Olympic Committee. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Nam-Soon KIM - Olympic Archery | Republic of Korea". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Alton, David; Chidley, Rob (2013). Building Bridges: Is There Hope for North Korea?. Lion Books. ISBN 978-0-7459-5598-8.