Events from the year 1980 in South Korea.
Incumbents President: Choi Kyu-hah (until 16 August), Chun Doo-hwan (starting 1 September) Prime Minister: until 22 May: Shin Hyun-hwak 22 May-2 September: Pak Choong-hoon starting 2 September: Nam Duck-woo
Events May 17 - Coup d'état of May Seventeenth: General Chun Doo-hwan forces the Cabinet to extend martial law to the whole nation.May, The Triumph of Democracy. Ed. Shin Bok-jin, Hwang Chong-gun, Kim Jun-tae, Na Kyung-taek, Kim Nyung-man, Ko Myung-jin. Gwangju: May 18 Memorial Foundation, 2004. May 18–27 - Gwangju massacre: Up to 165 people are killed when a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju is crushed by the South Korean army. May 20 - Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo order the National Assembly of Korea to be dissolved, using troops to enforce the order. July 8- Miss Universe 1980 August 27 - Chun Doo-hwan is elected President of South Korea by the "National Conference for Unification".
Films Fine Windy Day The Hidden Hero Neumi Painful Maturity Son of Man The Last Witness A Taxi Driver
Births 15 January - Sam Oh, TV host and radio DJ based in the Philippines 13 February - Lee Sang-woo, actor 22 February - Kang Sung-hoon, singer 28 February - Bada, singer-songwriter, actress and TV host 4 March - Jeong Da-bin, actress (d. 2007) 13 March - Kim Nam-gil, actor, film producer, director, singer 20 March - Ock Joo-hyun, singer and actress 21 March - Lee Jin, singer and actress 29 March - Kim Tae-hee, actress 4 April - Gong Hyo-jin, actress 5 April - Lee Jae-won, DJ and singer 9 April - Lee Yo-won, actress 4 May Park Jong-Jin, footballer Jang Geum-young, sport shooter 7 May - Kim Nam-soon, archer 8 July - Yang Tae-Young, gymnast 19 August - Jun Jin, singer and actor 16 November - Lee Eun-ju, actress 7 December - Choi Jung-in, singer 19 December - Verbal Jint, musician, rapper and record producer 21 December - Jung Ryeo-won, actress 26 December - Jo Jung-seok, actor
Deaths May 24 - Kim Jae-gyu, South Korean Army Lieutenant General, director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, and assassin of President Park Chung-hee (born 1926; executed by hanging)
See also List of South Korean films of 1980
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