Events from the year 1984 in South Korea.

Incumbents

* President: Chun Doo-hwan * Prime Minister: Chin lee-chong (until 11 November), Shin Byung-hyun (starting 11 November)

Events

Births

* January 5 ** Min Young-won, actress ** Yoo In-young, actress * January 8 - Jeon Ji-ae, actress * January 18 -

Seung-Hui Cho Seung-Hui Cho (, properly Cho Seung-hui; January 18, 1984 – April 16, 2007) was a Korean-born mass murderer responsible for the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others with two semi-automatic pistols on Apr ...

, mass murderer (d.

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

) * February 16 - Lee Min-jung, actress * March 24 - Park Bom, singer * April 11 - Yoo Yeon-seok, actor * April 17 -

Lee Si-young Lee Si-young (born Lee Eun-rae on April 17, 1982) is a South Korean actress and former amateur boxer. Early life Born Lee Eun-rae in Cheongwon County, North Chungcheong Province, her family moved to Seoul when she was 9 years old. Lee majore ...

, actress, boxer * June 16 -

Jeon Hee-sook Jeon Hee-sook (Hangul: 전희숙; or ; born 16 June 1984 in Seoul) is a South Korean foil fencer. Jeon won the bronze medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Poland in the bronze ...

, fencer * June 27 -

Son Ho-jun Son Ho-jun (born June 27, 1984) is a South Korean actor and singer. Early years and career Son Ho-jun made his acting debut in 2006 in the educational drama, ''Jump 2''. In 2007, Son made his entertainment debut as the leader of Tachyon, a thr ...

, actor * July 4 -

Lee Je-hoon Lee Je-hoon (born July 4, 1984) is a South Korean actor. He started his career in indie films, then went on to appear in commercial films like '' The Front Line'' (2011), ''Architecture 101'' (2012) and '' My Paparotti'' (2013), and television ...

, actor, director and screenwriter * July 16 -

Yoo Hyun-ji Yoo Hyun-ji (born 16 July 1984) is a South Korean handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass ...

, handball player * August 6 -

Choi Hyeon-ju Choi Hyeon-ju (최현주, ; born 6 August 1984, in Jeonbuk) is a South Korean archer. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she won gold medal in the women's team event. Career ;2012 Summer Olympics Choi made her Olympic debut at t ...

, archer * August 7 - Yun Hyon-seok, poet, writer and LGBT activist (d.

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

) * August 24 - Seo Ji-hye, actress * August 25 - Ayumi Lee, singer, actress, TV host * October 3 - Yoon Eun-hye, actress * November 12 - Sandara Park, singer, actress, TV host * November 15 - Huh Gak, singer * November 17 - Park Han-byul, actress and model * November 20 - Ali, singer-songwriter * November 29 - Ji Hyun-woo, actor and musician

Deaths

*June 16 - Park In-chon, businessman (b. 1901)

References

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