2000 in South Korea

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See also:	Other events in 2000 Years in South Korea Timeline of Korean history 2000 in North Korea

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in South Korea .

Incumbents

• President: Kim Dae-jung
• Prime Minister:
  • until 13 January: Kim Jong-pil
  • 13 January-19 May: Park Tae-joon
  • starting 22 May: Lee Han-dong

Events

• January: The Democratic Labor Party is founded.
• February 22: OhmyNews is launched.
• April 13 South Korean legislative election
• May 27: 2000 Korean League Cup ^[1]

• June 13–15: The first Inter-Korean summit ^[2]
• June 15: June 15th North–South Joint Declaration ^[3]
• July 15–17: The first Busan Rock Festival ^[4]
• September 12 Typhoon Saomai ^[5]
• November 24 Mnet Asian Music Awards

Sport

• 2000 K League
• 2000 Korean FA Cup
• 2000 Korean League Cup
• 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Films

• List of South Korean films of 2000

Births

• January 6 – Kwon Eun-bin, singer, member of K-pop group CLC
• January 7 – Kang Chan-hee, actor and singer, member of K-pop group SF9
• January 9 - Kim Ji-hoon, actor
• January 10 - Choi Da-bin, figure skater ^[6]
• January 11 – Lee Chae-yeon, singer, former member of K-pop group Iz*One
• February 12 – Kim Ji-min, actress ^[7]
• March 21 – Yoon San-ha, singer, member of K-pop group Astro
• April 11 – Karina (South Korean singer), singer, member of K-pop group aespa
• April 23 – Jeno (singer), singer, member of K-pop group NCT
• May 2 – Ina Yoon, golfer
• May 10 – Bae Jin-young, singer, member of K-pop group CIX
• May 26 - Yeji, singer, member of K-pop group Itzy
• June 6 – Haechan, singer, member of K-pop group NCT
• June 23 – Kim Hyun-soo, actress
• July 7 - HAON, rapper
• July 21 - Lia, singer, member of K-pop group Itzy
• July 31 - Kim Sae-ron, actress ^[8] (d. 2025)
• August 1 – Kim Chaewon, singer, member of K-pop group Le Sserafim
• August 9 – Kim Hyang-gi, actress
• August 13 – Jaemin, singer, member of K-pop group NCT
• September 14 – Han, rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer, member of K-pop group Stray Kids
• September 22 – Seungmin, singer, member of K-pop group Stray Kids
• October 12 – Jongho, singer and actor, member of K-pop group Ateez
• October 19 – Heejin, singer and dancer, member of K-pop group Loona

Deaths

• June 15 – Kim Hwan-sung, singer (NRG)

See also

• 2000 in South Korean music

References

1. 김현상; 박재현; 조은혜; 최창환 (March 2019). "PageRank 알고리즘을 활용한 역대 아시안컵 축구 국가별 랭킹산정" [The Most Successful Team in AFC Asian Cup History: Country Rankings Using PageRank Algorithms]. 한국체육측정평가학회지 (in Korean). 21 (1): 89–101. ISSN   1229-4225.
2. O'Neil, Andrew (6 September 2010). "The 2000 inter-Korean summit: The road to reconciliation?". Australian Journal of International Affairs. 55: 55–63. doi:10.1080/10357710120055076.
3. "South-North Joint Declaration" (PDF). United States Institute of Peace . United States Institute of Peace. 15 June 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 21, 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
4. "18th Busan International Rock Festival Kicks off Today". Haps Magazine . BeFM News. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
5. Typhoon Saomai brings chaos to Korea". Seoul, South Korea. Agence France-Pesse. September 13, 2000.
6. "Biography". isuresults.com. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
7. "Kim Ji-min". HanCinema .
8. "Kim Sae-ron". HanCinema .