2007 in South Korea
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Events from the year 2007 in South Korea.
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Incumbents
- President: Roh Moo-hyun[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Han Myeong-sook until April 2,
- Han Duck-soo[2]
Governors
- Gyeonggi: Kim Moon-soo
- Gangwon: Kim Jin-sun
- North Chungcheong: Chung Woo-taik
- South Chungcheong: Lee Wan-koo
- North Jeolla: Kim Wan-ju
- South Jeolla: Park Jun-young
- North Gyeongsang: Kim Kwan-yong
- South Gyeongsang: Kim Tae-ho
- Jeju: Kim Tae-hwan
Events
- February 7: Manhunt International 2007
- April 2: Han Duck-soo becomes prime minister of South Korea, replacing Han Myeong-sook
- April 16: South Korean expatriate Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people at Virginia Tech in the U.S.
- June 30: The free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea is signed.
- July 19: South Korean citizens in Afghanistan are taken hostage by terrorists.
- July 27: The South Korean pledge of allegiance is re-worded to remove overly racialist language.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
- August 17: Jellyfish Entertainment is founded.
- November 17: 2007 Mnet Asian Music Awards
- December 7: 2007 South Korea oil spill
- December 19: 2007 South Korean presidential election
- BBK stock price manipulation incident
Sport
- 2007 in South Korean football
- 2007 Korea Professional Baseball season
- South Korea at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
- South Korea at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
- South Korea at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
- South Korea at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships
- 2007 Korea Open Super Series
- 2007 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships
- 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
Film
Television
- 1st Korea Drama Awards
- 2007 KBS Drama Awards
- 2007 MBC Drama Awards
- The first SBS Entertainment Awards ceremony.
Births
Deaths
- January 21 - U;Nee, singer, rapper, dancer and actress (b. 1981), suicide
- February 10 - Jeong Da-bin, actress (b. 1980), suicide[10]
