2017_in_South_Korea Knowpia

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See also:	Other events of 2017; Years in South Korea; Timeline of Korean history; 2017 in North Korea

Events in the year 2017 in South Korea.

Incumbents edit

Moon Jae-in new president of South Korea

President:
- Park Geun-hye (Powers and duties suspended as of December 9, 2016),
- Hwang Kyo-ahn (Acting President as of December 9, 2016);
- Moon Jae-in (since 10 May)
Prime Minister:
- until 11 May: Hwang Kyo-ahn
- 11 May-31 May: Yoo Il-ho (acting)
- starting 31 May: Lee Nak-yeon

17 February – Hanjin Shipping was bankruptcy.^{[citation needed]}
3 April – Lotte Corporation shoots off fireworks to celebrate its opening of the 123-floor Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea. It is the tallest skyscraper in Korea and the 5th tallest in the world.^[1]
9 May – 2017 South Korean presidential election

18 January – Jung Mi-Kyung, novelist (b. 1960)^[2]
30 October - Kim Joo-hyuk, actor (b. 1972)
18 December
- Kim Jong-Hyun, lead singer, SHINee (b. 1990)^[3]
- Choi Seo-In, comedian, (b. 1983)

^ Sohee, Kim (3 April 2017). "Inside the World's Newest Mega-Skyscraper". Bloomberg. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
^ "이상문학상 소설가 정미경 별세 이유? 향년 57세 빈소 한림대성심병원 발인 20일". conypro.tistory.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 31 January 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ "Death of Jonghyun: Success of SHINee's lead vocalist went beyond the K-Pop boyband". The Straits Times. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2019.