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2015 in South Korea

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Other events of 2015Years in South KoreaTimeline of Korean history2015 in North Korea

The following lists events that happened in 2015 in South Korea.

Contents

Incumbents

  • President: Park Geun-hye
  • Prime Minister:
  • until 16 February: Chung Hong-won
  • 16 February-27 April: Lee Wan-koo
  • 27 April-18 June: Choi Kyoung-hwan
  • starting 18 June: Hwang Kyo-ahn

    • January

  • 5 January - South Korea announces that it will repatriate the remains of Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers killed in the Korean War.

    • February

  • 27 February - A shooting occurs in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi.

    • March

  • 5 March - A knife-wielding assailant injures the American ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, in the South Korean capital city of Seoul. Authorities report that the injuries on his face and wrist are not life-threatening.

    • May

  • 20 May - The beginning of the Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak

    • June

  • A drought occurs in South Korea and neighboring country North Korea.

    • July

  • 1 July - A bus accident in Ji'an, China results in the death of 10 Koreans and the Chinese bus driver.

    • September

  • 9 September - The Dolgorae sinks near Chuja Island.

    • Film

  • List of 2015 box office number-one films in South Korea
  • 20th Busan International Film Festival
  • 2nd Wildflower Film Awards

    • Music

  • List of number-one hits of 2015
  • List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2015
  • List of number-one streaming songs of 2015

    • Deaths

  • 22 February - Kim Kyung-roul, South Korean billiards player (b. 1980)

    • References

    2015 in South Korea Wikipedia
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