1996 in South Korea
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Events from the year 1996 in South Korea.
Incumbents
- President: Kim Young-sam
- Prime Minister: Lee Soo-sung
Governors
- Gyeonggi: Lee In-je
- Gangwon: Choi Gak-gyu
- North Chungcheong: Ju Byeong-deok
- South Chungcheong: Sim Dae-pyung
- North Jeolla: Yu Jong-geun
- South Jeolla: Heo Kyeong-man
- North Gyeongsang: Lee Eui-geun
- South Gyeongsang: Kim Hyuk-kyu
- Jeju: Shin Gu-beom
Events
April 23: 1996 Goseong fire
September 18: 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident.
Births
January
February
March
- March 2 – Kim Young-dae, actor
- March 15 – Jinjin, member of Astro
April
- April 23 - Jo Byeong-kyu, actor
June
- June 4 — Yu So-jeong, handball player[1]
- June 15 - Hoshi, member of K-pop group Seventeen
July
- July 1 — Choi Mi-sun, archer[2]
- July 10 — Moon Ga-young, actress
- July 17 — Wonwoo, member of Seventeen
- July 19 — Oh Ha-young, member of Apink
August
- August 5 - Cho Seung-youn, member of X1 and UNIQ
- August 7 – Rowoon, actor, singer and dancer
- August 12 – Choi Yu-jin, member of Kep1er
- August 19 — Yerin, actress and member of GFriend
- August 28 - Kim Se-jeong, singer and actress, member of I.O.I
September
- September 3 — Joy, member of Red Velvet[3]
- September 17 — Choi Young-jae, member of Got7
- September 23 — Lee Hi, singer
October
November
- November 1;
- Jeongyeon, member of Twice
- Kim Min-jae, actor
- November 22 — Woozi, member of Seventeen
December
- December 10 — Kang Daniel, member of Wanna One
Deaths
- January 1 - Kim Wol-ha, singer (b. 1918)
- January 6 - Kim Kwang-seok, folk rock singer (b. 1964)
- October 1 - Choe Deok-geun, consular official (b. 1951/1952)
- November 2 - Kang Hyo-shil, film and stage actress (b. 1932)
- Han Hong-ki, footballer (b. 1924)
See also
References
- ↑ "Sojeong YU - Olympic Handball | Republic of Korea". International Olympic Committee. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ↑ "Misun CHOI - Olympic | Republic of Korea". International Olympic Committee. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Profile". redvelvet.smtown.com (in Korean). Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2018.