2014 in South Korea explained

Events in the year 2014 in South Korea.

Incumbents

• President: Park Geun-hye
• Prime Minister: Jung Hong-won

Events

February

• February 6 – Kim and Chae are rescued from the Sinan County salt farms.
• February 17 – A building collapse at a mountain resort in Gyeongju kills ten people.^[1]

March

• March 11 – The Canada–South Korea Free Trade Agreement is signed by Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, and Park Geun-hye, the President of South Korea.

April

• April 8 – The Australia–Korea Free Trade Agreement is signed by the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and South Korean President Park Geun-hye
• April 16 – A ferry carrying 476 people capsizes and sinks off the South Korean coast, killing at least 262 people and leaving 40 others missing.^[2]

May

• May 2 – The 2014 Seoul subway crash occurred.
• May 12 – ITX saemaeul was started operation

June

• June 4 – The 2014 South Korean local elections are held.

July

• July 16 – A fire incident aboard the train at Busan Metro in the South Korean port city of Busan with five people injured and 100 people were evacuated.^[3]
• July 17 – A firefighting helicopter searching for missing people from the sinking of MV Sewol in April crashes in the South Korean city of Gwangju with five people aboard.^[4]
• July 30 – 2014 South Korean by-elections

August

• 2014 South Korea floods

September

• September 3 – Ladies' Code was involved in an accident at Yeongdong Expressway leading to deaths of members EunB and RiSe.
• September 19 – The Asian Games take place in Incheon, South Korea.

October

• October 17 – Pangyo Techno Valley Vents Collapse

December

• December 5 – Korean Air flight 086 was returned to gate at JFK airport because vice-president of Korean Air and a passenger aboard the plane, Heather Cho, became enraged about Macadamia service. As a result, the flight arrived at Incheon International Airport 11 minutes late.

Films

• 19th Busan International Film Festival
• 51st Grand Bell Awards
• 1st Wildflower Film Awards
• 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards

Television

• 3rd APAN Star Awards
• 2014 KBS Drama Awards
• 7th Korea Drama Awards
• 2014 MBC Drama Awards
• 2014 SBS Drama Awards

Music

See main article: 2014 in South Korean music.

• List of number-one hits of 2014
• List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2014
• List of number-one Streaming Songs of 2014
• 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards

Sports

• April 20–26 – 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I (Group A)
• July 18–26 – South Korea finish top of the table at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships winning ten gold medals from 27 events.
• September 19 – October 4 – 2014 Asian Games

Deaths

• September - Kim Song-ae, 89, president (Former of First Lady Of North Korea)
• September 3 – Go Eun-bi, 21, singer (Ladies' Code)
• September 7 – Kwon Rise, 23, singer (Ladies' Code)^[5]
• October 27 – Shin Hae-chul, 46, singer-songwriter, producer, artist, activist (N.EX.T)

Notes and References

1. News: Park. Ju-min. Building collapse at South Korean resort kills 10: officials. March 15, 2014. Reuters. February 17, 2014.
2. News: Death toll from sunken ferry rises to 262. May 5, 2014. Yonhap via The Korea Times. May 5, 2014.
3. Web site: 5 injured, hundreds evacuate in Busan subway fire . https://web.archive.org/web/20140719022710/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/yonhap-news-agency/140717/5-injured-hundreds-evacuate-busan-subway-fire . July 19, 2014 . Global Post . Yonhap News Agency . July 17, 2014 . January 4, 2019.
4. Web site: Firefighting helicopter crashes in South Korea, killing 5 . Fox News . Associated Press . July 17, 2014 . January 4, 2019.
5. Web site: Two K-pop stars killed after band's car crashes on rain-soaked highway. South China Morning Post. 27 May 2018. en.