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President of South Korea

head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea

13 dated entries naming President of South Korea, drawn from 9 separate years between 1875 CE and 2025 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as South Korean President in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1875March 26 – Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea (died 1965)source

20th century

  • 1931March 6 – Chun Doo-hwan, 5th President of South Korea (died 2021)source
  • 196615 February – President of South Korea Park Chung-hee visited Taiwan.source
  • 1979October 26 – Park Chung Hee, the President of South Korea, is assassinated by KCIA director Kim Jae-gyu.source
  • 1979October 26 – Park Chung Hee, 61, South Korean politician, president (since 1963), shot.source

21st century

  • 2012August 24 – The House of Representatives of Japan passes a resolution criticizing the President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak's visit to the disputed Liancourt Rocks.source
  • 2016December 9 – South Korean President Park Geun-hye is suspended after MPs vote to impeach her, following a political scandal.source
  • 2019June 30 – During a trilateral gathering at the Panmunjom Truce Village between South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. president to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone and enter North Korea. Trump and Kim also agree to restart stalled denuclearization negotiations.source
  • 2024April 10 – 2024 South Korean legislative election: The Democratic Party and Democratic Alliance wins 176 seats, while the People Power and People Future, to which President Yoon Suk Yeol belongs, wins only 108 seats.source
  • 2024December 3 – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law during a late-night address broadcast live on YTN television, accusing the country's main opposition Democratic Party of sympathizing with North Korea and engaging in anti-state activities.source
  • 2024December 14 – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's powers and duties are suspended after MPs vote to impeach him, following his martial law declaration the previous week.source
  • 2024December 27 – Acting President of South Korea Han Duck-soo is impeached by MPs for failing to promulgate two bills related to president Yoon's legal proceedings. He is succeeded by deputy prime minister Choi Sang-mok.source
  • 2025January 15 – The President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, is successfully arrested after a second attempt by police following a martial law declaration and successful impeachment motion the previous December.source

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