Events from the year 1988 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 ...

: Chun Doo-hwan (until 24 February), Roh Tae-woo (starting 24 February) *

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 25 February: Kim Chung-yul ** 25 February-2 March: Lee Hyun-jae (acting) ** 2 March-5 December: Lee Hyun-jae ** starting 5 December:

Kang Young-hoon Kang Young-Hoon (Korean: 강영훈, 30 May 1922 – 10 May 2016) was a South Korean politician who served as the second prime minister of the sixth South Korean republic, from 16 December 1988 until 27 December 1990. Beginning his career in th ...

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*September 17 - October 2 –

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

are held in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

Births

* January 7 - Lim Ju-eun, actress * January 15 -

Jun. K Kim Min-jun (; born January 15, 1988), better known by his stage name Jun. K, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He is the main vocalist of 2PM. Formerly known as Kim Jun-su (Hangul : 김준수), ...

, vocalist (2PM) * February 3 -

Cho Kyuhyun Cho Kyu-hyun (born February 3, 1988), referred to as Kyuhyun, is a South Korean singer, musical theatre actor and television host. He debuted as a new member of boy group Super Junior (and later its sub-groups Super Junior-K.R.Y. and Super Ju ...

, singer and actor * February 16 - Kim Soo-hyun actor * February 18 –

Changmin Shim Chang-min (; born February 18, 1988), also known by his stage name Max Changmin () or simply as Max, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, and a member of the pop duo TVXQ. Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, Changmin was scou ...

, singer, songwriter and occasional actor * February 20 -

Ki Bo-bae Ki Bo-bae (Hangul: 기보배; or ; born February 20, 1988) is a South Korean recurve archer and three-time Olympic gold medalist. She was the winner of the women's team and women's individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics and of the wom ...

, archer * March 10 -

Kang In-soo Kang In-soo (; born March 10, 1988) is a South Korean singer and actor. Born in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, he was an aspiring singer in his adolescence and applied to the Department of Theater and Film in high school, but majored in dance follow ...

, singer * March 12 - Kim Ji-yeon, fencer * April 1 - Jung Hae-in, actor * April 8 -

Kim Myung-sung Kim Myung-sung (Hangul: 김명성) (born April 8, 1988) is a South Korean pitcher. He bats and throws right-handed. Kim was selected fifth overall by the Lotte Giants in the 2011 KBO Draft. Amateur career Kim was born in Seoul, and complete ...

, baseball player * April 14 -

Kim Shin-wook Kim Shin-wook (; ; born 14 April 1988) is a South Korean professional footballer who plays as a striker for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the South Korea national team. Club career Ulsan Hyundai Kim spent his youth tra ...

, footballer * April 24 -

Jinri Park Jinri Park (Hangul: 박진리; Hanja: 朴真理; born April 24, 1988) is a South Korean model, DJ, actress and magazine columnist who is based in the Philippines. Park worked as a DJ at Monster Radio RX 93.1 from 2011–2015 and is starting a ca ...

, model, DJ and actress based in the Philippines * April 25 -

Dasuri Choi Choi Da-seul (born April 25, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea), popularly known as Dasuri Choi, is a South Korean dancer and entertainer based in the Philippines. Dasuri won Best in Talent and is the 2nd Runner-up winner in the segment, "You're My ...

, dancer and entertainer based in the Philippines * May 18 -

Taeyang Dong Young-bae (; born May 18, 1988), better known by his stage names Taeyang (meaning "sun" in Korean) and SOL (when performing in Japan), is a South Korean singer, songwriter and dancer. After appearing in Jinusean's music video "A-yo", Taey ...

, singer and dancer * May 24 - Jeon Yeong-Eun, athlete * July 1 - Sun So-eun, swimmer * July 12 - Inbee Park, golfer * August 8 - Kim Min-jeong, judoka * August 18 -

G-Dragon Kwon Ji-yong (; born August 18, 1988), also known by his stage name G-Dragon (지드래곤), is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer, known as the " King of K-pop". G-Dragon is the recipi ...

, singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer * September 6 -

Kim On-a Kim On-A (born 6 September 1988) is a South Korean handball player who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. She also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , ath ...

, handball player

Deaths

* September 18 - Heo Jeong, politician and Korean independence activist (b. 1896)

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