1979 in South Korea
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Events from the year 1979 in South Korea.
Incumbents[]
- President: Park Chung-hee (until 26 October), Choi Kyu-hah (starting 6 December)
- Prime Minister: Choi Kyu-hah (until 6 December), Shin Hyun-hwak (starting 12 December)
Events[]
- October 3 - Security chief Kim Jae-kyu meets democrat politician Kim Young-sam to discuss the country's future.
- December 6 - 1979 South Korean presidential election, confirms former prime minister Choi Kyu-hah as the new president.[1]
- December 12 - Coup d'état of December Twelfth: Lieutenant General Chun Doo-hwan, commander of the Security Command,[2][3] orders the arrest of General Jeong Seung-hwa, ROK Army Chief of Staff, on allegations of involvement in the assassination of President Park Chung Hee. A shoot-out at the Army Headquarters and the Ministry of Defense results in Chun and his fellow eleventh class military academy graduates such as Major General Roh Tae-woo and Major General Jeong Ho-yong taking control of the Korean military.
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Births[]
- 7 January - Ha Jae-sook, actress
- 12 January - Lee Bo-young.
- 21 January - Byung-hyun Kim, baseball player
- 30 January - Nam Hyun-joon.
- 8 February - MC Sniper.
- 16 February - Eric Mun.
- 11 March - Jung Yong-hoon.
- 6 April - H-Eugene.
- 10 May - Lee Hyori.
- 13 July - Lee Jaijin.
- 28 July - Lee Min-woo.
- 7 August - Kim Jaeduck.
- 4 September - MC Mong.
- 10 September - MayBee.
- 24 September - Kim Jong-min.
- 10 October - Kangta.
- 2 November - Skull.
- 21 November - Kim Dong-wan.
- 27 November - Shin Hye-sung.
Deaths[]
- October 26 - President Park Chung-hee, 61 (assassinated)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Asia Watch Committee (1986). Human Rights in Korea. p. 31
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-10-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://alldic.nate.com/search/endic.html?search_select2=on&category=&cm=c&q=%BA%B8%BE%C8%BB%E7%B7%C9%BA%CE[permanent dead link]
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