2014 in South Korea
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Events in the year 2014 in South Korea.
Events
January
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 3 – Businessman Song Seung-ho was found dead at his own building in Naebalsan-dong, Seoul. Seoul councilman Kim Hyung-shik was later found responsible for aiding Song Seung-ho's murder.[2]
- 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.[3]
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.[4]
- 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.[5]
- July 30 – 2014 South Korean by-elections
August
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
November
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.
