Events from the year 1968 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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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Park Chung-hee Park Chung-hee (, ; 14 November 1917 – 26 October 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the dictator of South Korea from 1961 until his assassination in 1979; ruling as an unelected military strongman from 1961 ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

: Chung Il-kwon

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*January 17–29 - Blue House Raid *January 23 -

USS Pueblo (AGER-2) USS ''Pueblo'' (AGER-2) is a , attached to Navy intelligence as a spy ship, which was attacked and captured by North Korean forces on 23 January 1968, in what was later known as the "''Pueblo'' incident" or alternatively, as the "''Pueblo'' cris ...

captured by North Korea *February 6 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division guard post attacked. 3 North Koreans killed by U.S. forces. *March 27 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and ROK 25th Infantry Division ambush North Korean infiltrators. 3 North Koreans killed. *April 1 –

POSCO POSCO (formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company) is a South Korean steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of of crude steel in 2015, making it the world's fourth-largest steelmaker by this measure. In 2010, i ...

founded in

Gyeongsangnam-do South Gyeongsang Province ( ko, 경상남도, translit=Gyeongsangnam-do, ) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is at Changwon. It is adjacent to the major metropolitan center and port of Busan. The UNESCO World H ...

, as predecessor name was Pohang Steel. *April 14 - U.S. Army Support Group truck ambushed south of the Joint Security Area in daylight. *April 21 - 5 North Koreans killed and 15 North Koreans wounded by U.S. forces. *July 3 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ. *July 20 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ. *July 21 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ. *July 30 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ. *August 5 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed south of the DMZ in daylight. 1 North Korean killed by U.S. forces. *September 19 - 4 North Koreans killed by U.S. forces. *September 27 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division jeep ambushed in the DMZ. *October 3 - one North Korean killed by U.S. forces. *October 5 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ. *October 11 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed North Korean Army infiltrators in the DMZ. 2 North Koreans killed by U.S. forces. *October 23 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol engaged KPA infiltrators in the DMZ. one North Korean killed by U.S. forces. *October 30 - Ulchin-

Samcheok Samcheok () is a city in Gangwon-do, South Korea. History Ancient age & Three Kingdom * It was called "Siljikguk or Siljikgokguk" * 102 under the rule of Silla ( Pasa 23rd) * 468 under the rule of Goguryeo (Jangsu 56th) * 505 The name changed t ...

(Gangwon-do) landings by 120 men of North Korean Army

Unit 124 Unit 124 ( ko, 124부대) was a black operations unit of the North Korean Special Operation Forces formed to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung-hee in the Blue House raid in January 1968. Formation Unit 124 was established from thirt ...

; 110 of them were killed, 7 were captured and 3 escaped. 40 South Korean soldiers and police officers and 23 South Korean civilians were killed. *December 23 - Crew of USS Pueblo released at Panmunjom.

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*January 14 -

Kim Byung-Joo Kim Byung-Joo (born 14 January 1968 in Daegu) is a retired South Korean judoka. Kim won the gold medal in the 78 kg class at the 1989 World Judo Championships in Belgrade. Kim represented South Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winn ...

, judoka *February 22 -

Kim Jung-ju Kim Jung-ju (; 22 February 1968 – 28 February 2022), also known as Jay Kim, was a South Korean businessman, investor, and founder of Korea's largest gaming company, Nexon. He was the chairman and CEO of NXC Corporation, the holding company of ...

, businessman (d. 2022) *July 14 -

Hwang Sun-Hong Hwang Sun-hong (born 14 July 1968) is a South Korean former football player and current head coach of the South Korea national under-23 football team. He was the most notable South Korean striker in the 1990s and early 2000s. Club career Af ...

, football player and manager

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