August 22 – South Korea announces that it will scrap its General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan. The agreement had been due for automatic renewal on this month.[3]
August 29 – The United States Ambassador to South Korea, Harry B. Harris Jr., is absent from the DMZ International Forum on the Peace Economy. And a reservist soldiers' Korean Veterans Association cancels Harris Jr.'s speech for the association's event. He attends the grand opening of a Shake Shack branch in Jongno, Seoul.[6][7] The first Shake Shack in South Korea was opened in the Gangnam District of Seoul on July 22, 2016.[8]
Deathsedit
January 28 – Kim Bok-dong, South-Korean women's rights activist (b. 1926).[9]
April 7 – Cho Yang-ho, South Korean businessman (b. 1949).[10]
October 14 – Sulli, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1994)[14]
November 24 – Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1991)
December 3 – Cha In-ha, South Korean actor (b.1992)
December 9 – Kim Woo-jung. South Korean businessman who was the founder and chairman of the Daewoo Group
December 14 – Koo Cha-kyung, South Korean business executive
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