Events from the year 1951 in
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
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Incumbents
*President:
Rhee Syng-man
Syngman Rhee (, ; 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960.
Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Ko ...
*Vice President:
Yi Si-yeong
Seongjae Yi Si-yeong (Chosŏn'gŭl: 이시영; Hanja: 李始榮, December 3, 1868 – April 19, 1953) was a Korean politician, independence activist, educator and neo-Confucianist scholar. He was the first vice president of South Korea from ...
(until 9 May),
Kim Seong-su
Kim Seong-su (김성수, 金性洙; October 11, 1891 – February 18, 1955) was a Korean educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician and calligrapher, and the second vice president of South Korea from 1951–19 ...
(starting 17 May)
*Prime Minister:
Chang Myon
Chang Myon (hangul: 장면; hanja: 張勉; August28, 1899June4, 1966) was a South Korean statesman, educator, diplomat, journalist and social activist as well as a Roman Catholic youth activist. He was the only prime minister of the parliamenta ...
Events
January 4th:
January–Fourth Retreat
February 9th:
Geochang massacre
The Geochang massacre ( ko, 거창 양민학살 사건, Hanja: 居昌良民虐殺事件) was a massacre conducted by the third battalion of the 9th regiment of the 11th Division of the South Korean Army between 9 February 1951 and 11 February ...
Births
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Bae Yong-kyun
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Chung Mong-joon
Chung Mong-joon or Chung Mong Joon ( ko, 정몽준, born October 17, 1951) is a South Korean businessman and politician. He is the sixth son of Chung Ju-yung, founder of Hyundai, the second-largest South Korean '' chaebol'' before its breakup in ...
:Korean businessman and politician
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Kim Ja-ok
Kim Ja-ok (October 11, 1951 – November 16, 2014) was a South Korean actress. Kim was born in Busan in 1951. Kim dropped out of Hanyang University majoring in Film. Kim started her acting career after admitted to a public recruit by MBC TV. ...
:Korean actress
Deaths
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Soh Jaipil
Soh Jaipil or Seo Jae-pil (January 7, 1864 – January 5, 1951), also known as Philip Jaisohn, was a Korean-American political activist and physician who was a noted champion of the Korean independence movement, the first Korean naturalized citi ...
: Korean-American political activist and physician who was a noted champion of the Korean independence movement
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Kim Dong-in:Korean novelist
See also
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List of South Korean films of 1951
This is a list of films produced in South Korea in 1951.
References
External links
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1945-1959 at koreanfilm.org
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South Korea
1951
Films
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, phot ...
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Years in Japan
This is a list of years in Japan. See also the timeline of Japanese history. For only articles about years in Japan that have been written, see :Years in Japan.
List of years in Japan First century
Seventh century
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Years in North Korea
This is a list of years in North Korea.
20th century
21st century
See also
* List of years in South Korea
* List of years by country
* Timeline of Korean history
*North Korean calendar
The ''Juche'' calendar, named after the ''Ju ...
References
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
Years of the 20th century in South Korea
1950s in South Korea
South Korea
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