• President: Kim Young-sam
• Prime Minister: Lee Soo-sung

September 18:1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident

January edit

• January 16 — Jennie, member of Blackpink

February edit

• February 9 – Chungha, singer, member of I.O.I
• February 27 — Ten, member of NCT (band)

March edit

• March 2 – Kim Young-dae, actor

June edit

• June 4 — Yu So-jeong, handball player^[1]
• June 10 — Jun, member of Seventeen

July edit

• July 1 — Choi Mi-sun, archer^[2]
• July 10 — Moon Ga-young, actress
• July 19 — Oh Ha-young, member of Apink

August edit

• August 5 - Cho Seung-youn, member of X1 and UNIQ
• August 7 – Rowoon, actor, singer and dancer
• August 12 – Choi Yu-jin, member of Kep1er
• August 19 — Yerin, actress and member of GFriend
• August 28 - Kim Se-jeong, singer and actress, member of I.O.I

September edit

• September 3 — Joy, member of Red Velvet^[3]
• September 17 — Young-jae, member of Got7
• September 23 — Lee Hi, singer

October edit

• October 15 — Zelo, member of B.A.P
• October 22 — B.I, member of iKON

November edit

• November 1;
  • Jung-yeon, member of Twice
  • Kim Min-jae, actor
• November 9 — Momo Hirai, member of Twice
• November 22 — Woozi, member of Seventeen

December edit

• December 10 — Kang Daniel, member of Wanna One
• December 29 — Sana, member of Twice

• January 1 - Kim Wol-ha, singer (b. 1918)
• January 6 - Kim Kwang-seok, folk rock singer (b. 1964)
• October 1 - Choe Deok-geun, consular official (b. 1951/1952)
• November 2 - Kang Hyo-shil, film and stage actress (b. 1932)
• Han Hong-ki, footballer (b. 1924)

• List of South Korean films of 1996
• Years in Japan
• Years in North Korea