2019 in South Korea

Centuries:	20th; 21st;
Decades:	1990s; 2000s; 2010s; 2020s;
See also:	Other events of 2019; Years in South Korea; Timeline of Korean history; 2019 in North Korea

Events of 2019 in South Korea.

Incumbents

April 11 – A court rules 7–2 that a 1953 ban on abortion must be lifted.[1]
July 1 – Japan announces tightening of high-tech exports to South Korea, thus begin the trade dispute between the two countries.[2]
August 22 – South Korea announces that it will scrap its General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) with Japan. The agreement had been due for automatic renewal on this month.[3]
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 (GSOMIA) with Japan.[4][5]
August 29 – The United 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.[6][7] The first Shake Shack in South Korea was opened in the Gangnam District of Seoul on July 22, 2016.[8]

January 28 – Kim Bok-dong, South-Korean women's rights activist (b. 1926)[9]
April 7 – Cho Yang-ho, South Korean businessman (b. 1949)[10]
June 10 – Lee Hee-ho, South Korean peace activist, 15th First Lady of South Korea (b. 1922)[11]
June 29 – Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (b. 1970)[12]
July 16 – Chung Doo-un, South Korean politician (b. 1957)[13]
July 24-Hwang Byungsng,Korean poet
July 24-Nam Gi-nam,Korean film director
August 30-Park Taesun, South Korean writer
September 9-Kim Seong-hwan, South Korean artist and cartoonist, notable for having created and perpetuated the longest-running comic strip in Korea.
September 21-Woo Hye-mi,Korean singer
October 14 – Sulli, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1994)[14]
November 24 – Goo Hara, South Korean singer and actress (b. 1991)
December 3 – Cha In-ha, South Korean actor (b.1992)
December 9-Kim Woo-jung. South Korean businessman who was the founder and chairman of the Daewoo Group
December 14-Koo Cha-kyung, South Korean business executive

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Years in South Korea (since 1945)
20st century	1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
21st century	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2019 in Asia
Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen
States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau