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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

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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


Events

* August 8 – MBC Television officially launched service to nationwide. * End of
Korean DMZ Conflict The Korean DMZ Conflict, also referred to as the Second Korean War by some, was a series of low-level armed clashes between North Korean forces and the forces of South Korea and the United States, largely occurring between 1966 and 1969 at the ...
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Births

* 8 August -
Song Sung-il Song Sung Il (8 August 1969 – 29 January 1995) was a South Korean Greco-Roman wrestler.
, Greco-Roman wrestler (d.
1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
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Bong Joon-ho Bong Joon-ho (, ; Hanja: 奉俊昊; born September 14, 1969) is a South Korean film director, producer and screenwriter. The recipient of four Academy Awards, his filmography is characterised by emphasis on social themes, genre-mixing, black h ...
, director and screenwriter * 29 September - Cho Youn-jeong, archer * 6 October - Hyun Jung-hwa, table tennis player


See also

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List of South Korean films of 1969 A list of films produced in South Korea in 1969: References External links * 1969 in South Korea * 1960-1969 at koreanfilm.org {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of South Korean Films Of 1969 South Korea 1969 Films A film also called a mov ...
* Years in Japan *
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

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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 1960s in South Korea
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 ...