2022 in South Korea

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The following lists events in the year 2022 in South Korea.

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PhotoPostNameNotes
Moon Jae-in 2017-10-01.jpg Past President of South Korea Moon Jae-in Until May 10, 2022
Yoon Suk-yeol in May 2022.jpg President of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol Assumed office from May 10, 2022 and suspended since 14 December 2024
Past Prime Minister of South Korea Kim Boo-kyum From May 14, 2021, to May 12, 2022
cugyeongho bucongri yebang bada 001 (cropped).jpg Past Prime Minister of South Korea Choo Kyung-ho From May 12, 2022, to May 20, 2022
Han Duk-Soo, Prime Minister South Korea and Dominik Knoll, CEO of the World Trade Center (cropped).jpg Prime Minister of South Korea Han Duk-Soo From May 21, 2022
Kim Myeong-soo official portrait (cropped).jpg Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea Kim Myeong-soo Since September 25, 2017
yunamseogjaepangwan(yangbog).jpg President of the Constitutional Court of Korea Yoo Nam-seok From September 21, 2018

Events

Holidays

As per in the [Presidential Decree No. 28394, 2017. 10. 17., partially amended], the following days are declared holidays in South Korea: [11]

Arts and entertainment

Deaths

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  2. ↑ "SKorean rescuers pull body from collapsed construction site". AP. January 14, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Election Guide: Republic of Korea, Election for President". IFES. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Opposition's Yoon Wins Tight Race for South Korean Presidency". The New York Times . March 9, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
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  9. ↑ Yoon, John; Young, Jin Yu; May, Tiffany (9 June 2022). "Fire Kills at Least 7 in South Korea; Arson Is Suspected". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  10. ↑ Kim, Jack (2 November 2022). "South Korea PM urges police to explain response to Halloween crush emergency calls". Reuters. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "South Korea Public Holidays 2022". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  12. ↑ Jeong Hwa (January 14, 2022). "2022년 전주국제영화제, 오프라인 개최 확정..4월 28일 개막" [2022 Jeonju International Film Festival confirmed to be held offline... Opening on April 28]. Star News (in Korean). Naver . Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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