1975 in South Korea explained

The following lists events that happened during 1975 in the Republic of Korea.

Incumbents

• President

• Prime Minister

Kim Jong-pil (until 19 December), Choi Kyu-hah (starting 19 December)

Events

April

• April 9 - Eight people were hanged for being involved with the People's Revolutionary Party Incident.^[1]

Births

• 17 February - Harisu, pop singer, model and actress
• 2 March - Lee Sun-kyun, actor (d. 2023)^[2]
• 11 June – Choi Ji-woo, actress and model
• 13 June - Kim Jo-Sun, archer^[3]

See also

• List of South Korean films of 1975
• Years in Japan
• Years in North Korea

Notes and References

1. Donald Kirk, Korea betrayed: Kim Dae Jung and sunshine (Macmillan, 2010) p54
2. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/27/world/lee-sun-kyun-death-south-korea-intl-hnk/index.html ‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead in midst of drug probe, police say
3. Web site: Kim Jo-Sun Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184711/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/kim-jo-sun-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 23 April 2019 . en.