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Events from the year 1976 in South Korea .
Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over 3.3 million inhabitants as of 2024. Formerly romanized as Pusan, it is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million make Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification. As of 2019, Busan Port is the primary port in Korea and the world's sixth-largest container port.
The South Korea national football team represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association, a member of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Chugye University for the Arts (Korean: 추계예술대학교) is a South Korean institute of higher education in the music and fine arts. The campus is in Seodaemun District in central Seoul, the country's capital.
Chung-Ang University is one of the top leading private research universities in Seoul, South Korea. The university operates two campuses: main campus located in Dongjak District, Seoul, and an additional campus in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province. CAU consists of 16 undergraduate colleges and 16 graduate schools.
Park Geun-hye is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017. Park was the first woman to be elected president of South Korea, and also the first woman to be popularly elected as a head of state in East Asia. She is also the first South Korean president to be born after the founding of South Korea. Her father, Park Chung Hee, was president from 1963 to 1979, serving five consecutive terms after he seized power in 1961.
Sim Min-kyung, known professionally as Sim Soo-bong (심수봉), is a South Korean singer. When she was a senior at Myongji University, she debuted in 1978 through MBC College Song Contest at which she performed her self-composed song "Geuddae Geu Saram". She was one of the witnesses of the 1979 assassination of South Korean president Park Chung Hee.
Jamsil Students' Gymnasium (Korean: 잠실학생체육관) is an indoor sporting arena located in Seoul, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 7,500 and was built from November 1972 to December 1976 to host Boxing events at the 1986 Asian Games and 2-years later the same sport on the 1988 Summer Olympics, and wheelchair basketball events at the 1988 Summer Paralympics.
This list of South Korea national football team records contains statistical accomplishments related to the South Korea national football team, its players, and its managers. The team represents the nation of South Korea in international football. It is governed by the Korea Football Association and competes as a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to perform compulsory military service. Women are not required to perform military service, but they may voluntarily join the military.
Presidential elections were held in South Korea in December 1972 following the promulgation of the Yushin Constitution, which created the National Conference for Unification, a body whose functions included being an electoral college for presidential elections. Incumbent President Park Chung-hee claimed that Western-style liberal democracy would bring more chaos to the economically struggling nation than it could afford. In contrast, he argued that the Yushin system created a "Korean-style democracy" with a strong, unchallenged presidency. He argued this system was necessary to keep the country stable.
Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 until his assassination in 1979, after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961. He is regarded as one of the most consequential leaders in Korean history, although his legacy as a military dictator continues to cause controversy.
Events from the year 1976 in North Korea.
Events from the year 1971 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1984 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1983 in South Korea.
Events from the year 1990 in South Korea.
Hwang Kyo-ahn is a South Korean politician and prosecutor who served as acting president of South Korea from 9 December 2016 to 10 May 2017 and the prime minister of South Korea from 18 June 2015 to 11 May 2017.
Park Sung-hwa is a South Korean football manager and a former football player. He is a gold medalist in the 1978 Asian Games.
Marissa Brandt, also known by her birth name Park Yoon-jung, is a Korean-American ice hockey player who plays with the South Korean national team. When competing internationally with the South Korean or Unified Korean national teams, she uses her birth name.
Baek Nak-jun was a South Korean politician, who was an acting president for a brief time during the Second Korean Republic. Baek was also known by his English name, "George Paik" and his nickname, "Yongjae" (용재).