2000 in South Korea
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The following lists events that happened during 2000 in South Korea.
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Incumbents
- President: Kim Dae-jung
- Prime Minister:
- until 13 January: Kim Jong-pil
- 13 January-19 May: Park Tae-joon
- starting 22 May: Lee Han-dong
Governors
- Gyeonggi: Lim Chang-yeol
- Gangwon: Kim Jin-sun
- North Chungcheong: Lee Won-jong
- 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: Woo Geun-min
Events
- January: The Democratic Labor Party is founded.
- February 22: OhmyNews is launched.
- April 13 South Korean legislative election
- May 27: 2000 Korean League Cup[1]
- June 13–15: The first Inter-Korean summit[2]
- June 15: June 15th North–South Joint Declaration[3]
- July 15–17: The first Busan Rock Festival[4]
- September 12 Typhoon Saomai[5]
- November 24 Mnet Asian Music Awards
Sport
Films
Births
- January 6 – Kwon Eun-bin, singer, member of K-pop group CLC
- January 7 – Kang Chan-hee, actor and singer, member of K-pop group SF9
- January 9 - Kim Ji-hoon, actor
- January 10 - Choi Da-bin, figure skater[6]
- January 11 – Lee Chae-yeon, singer, former member of K-pop group Iz*One
- February 12 – Kim Ji-min, actress[7]
- March 14 – Jihoon, dancer, singer, member of K-pop group Treasure
- March 21 – Yoon San-ha, singer, member of K-pop group Astro
- April 11 – Karina (South Korean singer), singer, member of K-pop group aespa
- April 23 – Jeno (singer), singer, member of K-pop group NCT
- May 2 – Ina Yoon, golfer
- May 10 – Bae Jin-young, singer, member of K-pop group CIX
- May 26 - Yeji, singer, member of K-pop group Itzy
- June 6 – Haechan, singer, member of K-pop group NCT
- June 23 – Kim Hyun-soo, actress
- July 7 - HAON, rapper
- July 21 - Lia, singer, member of K-pop group Itzy
- July 31 - Kim Sae-ron, actress[8] (d. 2025)
- August 1 – Kim Chaewon, singer, member of K-pop group Le Sserafim
- August 9 – Kim Hyang-gi, actress
- August 13 – Jaemin, singer, member of K-pop group NCT
- September 14 – Han, rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer, member of K-pop group Stray Kids
- September 22 – Seungmin, singer, member of K-pop group Stray Kids
- October 12 – Jongho, singer and actor, member of K-pop group Ateez
- October 19 – Heejin, singer and dancer, member of K-pop group Loona
Deaths
- June 15 – Kim Hwan-sung, singer (NRG)
- September 27 – Oh Yun-kyu, footballer
