2019 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Moon Jae-in
• Prime Minister: Lee Nak-yeon

  Events

• April 11 – A court rules 7-2 that a 1953 ban on abortion must be lifted.
• July 1 – Japan announces tightening of high-tech exports to South Korea, thus begin the trade dispute between the two countries.
• August 22 – South Korea announces that it will scrap its General Security of Military Information Agreement with Japan. The agreement had been due for automatic renewal on this month.
• August 28 – South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls in the United States ambassador to South Korea, Harry B. Harris Jr., to tone down the United States' public criticism of South Korea's decision not to renew its General Security of Military Information Agreement with Japan.
• August 29 – The Unites States Ambassador to South Korea, Harry B. Harris Jr., is absent from the DMZ International Forum on the Peace Economy. And a reservist soldiers' Korean Veterans Association cancels Harris Jr.'s speech for the association's event. He attends the grand opening of a Shake Shack branch in Jongno, Seoul. The first Shake Shack in South Korea was opened in the Gangnam District of Seoul on July 22, 2016.

  Deaths

• January 28 – Kim Bok-dong, South-Korean women's rights activist
• April 7 – Cho Yang-ho, South Korean businessman
• June 10 – Lee Hee-ho, South Korean peace activist, 15th First Lady of South Korea
• June 29 – Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress
• July 16 – Chung Doo-un, South Korean politician
• October 14 – Sulli, South Korean singer and actress
• November 24 - Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress
• December 3 - Cha In-ha, South Korean actor