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1979 in South Korea
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Incumbents
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Films
Births
Deaths
See also
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See also:
Other events in 1979
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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.
Films
The Genealogy
Police Story
The Rain at Night
Water Lady
Births
7 January -
Ha Jae-sook
, actress
12 January -
Lee Bo-young
, actress
20 January -
Choo Ja-hyun
, actress
21 January -
Byung-hyun Kim
, baseball player
30 January -
Nam Hyun-joon
, dancer
31 January -
Kim E-Z
, singer
8 February -
MC Sniper
, musical artist
16 February -
Eric Mun
, rapper
21 February -
Lee Hee-jin
, singer and actress
11 March -
Jung Yong-hoon
, footballer
29 March -
Park Si-yeon
, actress
6 April -
H-Eugene
, rapper
10 May -
Lee Hyori
, singer
10 July -
Gong Yoo
, actor
13 July -
Lee Jai-jin
, musician
28 July -
Lee Min-woo
, singer
7 August -
Kim Jae-duck
, singer
4 September -
MC Mong
, rapper
10 September -
MayBee
, singer
24 September -
Kim Jong-min
, singer
10 October -
Kangta
, singer
2 November -
Skull
, singer
21 November -
Kim Dong-wan
, singer and actor
27 November -
Shin Hye-sung
, singer-songwriter
28 November -
Daniel Henney
, actor
Deaths
October 26
- President
Park Chung Hee
, 61 (
assassinated
)
See also
List of South Korean films of 1979
References
↑
Asia Watch Committee (1986). Human Rights in Korea. p. 31
↑
"기무사 '37년 소격동시대' 마감… 과천 이전
: 뉴스
: 동아닷컴"
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-10-20
. Retrieved
2013-10-19
.
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