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See also: | Other events in 1957 Years in South Korea Timeline of Korean history 1957 in North Korea |
Events from the year 1957 in South Korea .
Kim Hye-soo is a South Korean actress. Kim was one of the most popular teen stars in the 1980s and 1990s. She is known for her headstrong independence and regularly playing strong-willed, sophisticated women.
Kim Jung-nam is a South Korean former football player and manager.
Kim Ji-soo is a South Korean actress.
Kim Chang-soo is a South Korean footballer who currently plays as righy back for Incheon United.
Kim Soo-hyun is a South Korean actor. One of the highest-paid actors in South Korea, his accolades include four Baeksang Arts Awards, two Grand Bell Awards and one Blue Dragon Film Award. From 2012 to 2016 and in 2021, he has appeared in Forbes Korea Power Celebrity 40 list. He was selected as Gallup Korea's Television Actor of the Year in 2014 and was featured by Forbes in their 30 Under 30 Asia list of 2016.
Kim Ji-sung was a South Korean football midfielder who played for the South Korean national team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea on 19 December 2012. They were the sixth presidential elections since democratization and the establishment of the Sixth Republic, and were held under a first-past-the-post system, in which there was a single round of voting and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes was elected. Under the South Korean constitution, a president is restricted to a single five-year term in office. The term of the then incumbent president Lee Myung-bak ended on 24 February 2013. According to the Korea Times, 30.7 million people voted with turnout at 75.8%. Park Geun-hye of the Saenuri party was elected the first female South Korean president with 51.6% of the vote opposed to 48.0% for her opponent Moon Jae-in. Park's share of the vote was the highest won by any candidate since the beginning of free and fair direct elections in 1987 and the first such election in which any candidate won a majority. Moreover, as of the 2022 election, this is the latest South Korean presidential election in which the winning candidate won an absolute majority of the vote.
Events from the year 2003 in South Korea.
Events from the year 2002 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1955 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1953 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1952 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1971 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1988 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1987 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1994 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1993 in South Korea.
Kim Heung-soo is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in television series, such as Love & Secret (2014–2015) and Gracious Revenge (2019–2020).
Kim Eung-soo is a South Korean actor. Kim lived in Japan for seven years, where he studied filmmaking at the Japan Institute of the Moving Image.
Kim Joong-soo is a South Korean former badminton player and coach. He is now serve as Badminton World Federation director, Badminton Asia president, and Badminton Korea Association vice-chairman.