Events from the year 1987 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 ...

Incumbents

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 ...

: Chun Doo-hwan *

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 ...

: ** until 26 May:

Lho Shin-yong Lho Shin-yong (Korean: 노신영, 28 February 1930 – 21 October 2019) was a South Korean politician, diplomat and intelligence chief, who served as the 18th Prime Minister, the 18th Foreign Minister and the 12th Director of the Agency of Nati ...

** 26 May-14 July: Lee Han-key ** starting 14 July: Kim Chung-yul

Events

* June 10 -

June Struggle The June Democratic Struggle (), also known as the June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Uprising, was a nationwide pro-democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to June 29, 1987. The demonstrations force ...

* November 29 -

Korean Air Flight 858 Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea. On 29 November 1987, the aircraft flying that route exploded in mid-air upon the detonation of a bomb planted inside an overhead ...

was blown by the detonated bomb by the North Korean agents.

Births

* January 13 - Lee Seung-gi, singer, actor, TV host and entertainer * March 13 - Lee Young-sil, field hockey player * April 20 - Park Mi-ra, handball player * April 25 -

Jay Park Jay Park ( Korean name: Park Jae-beom (Hangul: 박재범; Hanja: 朴載範); born April 25, 1987) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and entrepreneur of based in South Korea. He is a member of the Seattle-based ...

, singer, rapper and actor * May 6 - Moon Geun-young, actress * May 8 - Kim Eun-hye, sport shooter * May 13 - Chang Hye-jin, archer * May 20 -

Syazwan Zulkifly Mohd Syazwan bin Zulkifly (born 20 May 1987) is a Malaysian actor who primarily worked on television and film. Filmography Film TV series Telemovie Awards and nominations References 1987 births Living people Malaysian Muslims Ma ...

, Malaysian actor * June 21 -

Kim Ryeowook Kim Ryeo-wook (born June 21, 1987), better known by the mononym Ryeowook, is a South Korean singer, songwriter and musical actor. He is best known as a member of boy group Super Junior and its subgroups, Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Junior-M. ...

, singer * June 22 - Lee Min-ho, actor * July 1 -

Ahn Jae-hyun Ahn Jae-hyun (; born July 1, 1987) is a South Korean model and actor. He is best known for his roles in television dramas such as ''You're All Surrounded'' (2014), ''Blood'' (2015), ''Cinderella with Four Knights'' (2016), '' Reunited Worlds'' ...

, model and actor * July 5 - Ji Chang-wook, actor * September 9 -

Jung Il-woo Jung Il-woo (; born 9 September 1987) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom '' Unstoppable High Kick'' (2006), and the television dramas ''The Return of Iljimae'' (2009), ''49 Days'' (2011), ''Cool Guys, Hot Ram ...

, actor and TV host * September 20 -

Gain Gain or GAIN may refer to: Science and technology * Gain (electronics), an electronics and signal processing term * Antenna gain * Gain (laser), the amplification involved in laser emission * Gain (projection screens) * Information gain in de ...

, singer * September 30 - Joo Won, actor * October 5 - Park Soyeon, singer and actress * October 23 -

Seo In-guk Seo In-guk (; born October 23, 1987) is a South Korean singer-songwriter and actor. He launched his singing career after winning the talent reality show ''Superstar K'' in 2009, and made his acting breakthrough in ''Reply 1997'' (2012). Since ...

, singer-songwriter and actor * October 31 -

Sim Hae-in Sim Hae-in (born 31 October 1987) is a Korean handball player for Busan and the South Korean national team. She played for the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympia ...

, handball player * November 4 - T.O.P, singer, rapper and actor * November 21 -

Jang Soo-ji Jang Soo-ji (born 21 November 1987 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean field hockey player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed with the Korea women's national field hockey team in the women's tournament A woman is an adult fem ...

, field hockey player * November 25 -

An Hyo-ju An Hyo-ju (안효주, born 25 November 1987) is a South Korean field hockey player. She competed for the South Korea women's national field hockey team The South Korea women's national field hockey team represents the Republic of Korea (Sout ...

, field hockey player

Deaths

* June 22 -

Yun Il-seon Yun Il-seon (, October 5, 1896 – June 22, 1987) was a South Korean politician, pathologist, and anatomist. He was the 6th Chairman of University of Seoul

, politician, pathologist, and anatomist (b. 1896)

Full date unknown

Kim Se-jin Kim Se-jin ( ko, 김세진; born January 30, 1974) is a retired volleyball player from South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and ...

, politician (b. 1965)The Politics of Military Revolution
/ref>

References

Years of the 20th century in South Korea 1980s in South Korea