1980 in South Korea

← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in South Korea → 1981 1982 1983
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events in 1980 Years in South Korea Timeline of Korean history 1980 in North Korea

Miss Universe Parade (Gwanghwamun, June 29, 1980)

Events from the year 1980 in South Korea.

Incumbents

• 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

• 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

• Fine Windy Day
• The Hidden Hero
• Neumi
• Painful Maturity
• Son of Man
• The Last Witness
• A Taxi Driver

Births

• 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

• 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

• List of South Korean films of 1980

References

1. 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.
2. "5월단체, "5.18 관련 사망자 606명"" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 2005-05-13. Retrieved 2013-05-25.
3. "Chun Doo Hwan". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
4. "Geumyoung JANG - Olympic | Republic of Korea". International Olympic Committee. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
5. "Nam-Soon KIM - Olympic Archery | Republic of Korea". International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
6. Alton, David; Chidley, Rob (2013). Building Bridges: Is There Hope for North Korea?. Lion Books. ISBN 978-0-7459-5598-8.