Events in the year

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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 ...

Lee Myung-bak Lee Myung-bak (; ; ; born 19 December 1941) is a South Korean businessman and politician who served as the 10th president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. Before his presidency, he was the CEO of Hyundai Engineering and Construction, and the ma ...

(2008 – February 25, 2013) **

Park Geun-hye Park Geun-hye (; ; often in English ; born 2 February 1952) is a South Korean politician who served as the 11th president of South Korea from 2013 to 2017, until she was impeached and convicted on related corruption charges. Park was the fi ...

(February 25, 2013 – 2017) *

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 ...

Kim Hwang-sik Kim Hwang-sik (; born 9 August 1948) is a South Korean lawyer and politician who was the country's Prime Minister from October 2010 to February 2013 under President Lee Myung-bak. He was the former Chairperson of the Board of Audit and Inspect ...

(2010 – February 26, 2013) **

Jung Hong-won Jung Hong-won (; born 9 October 1944) is a former Prime Minister of South Korea. He served from 26 February 2013 to 16 February 2015 under conservative President Park Geun-hye. Jung was a member of the Saenuri Party. Early life and education J ...

(February 26, 2013 – 2015)

Events

January

* January 5:

Saemaeul-ho The Saemaeul-ho, formerly known as the Saemaul-ho and Saemaul Express, is a class of train operated by Korail, the national railroad of South Korea, since February 8, 1969. Before the introduction of the KTX express trains, the Saemaeul-ho was ...

Push-pull car was retired after 25 years in operation.

February

March

* March 20:

2013 South Korea cyberattack In 2013 there were two major sets of cyberattacks on South Korean targets attributed to elements within North Korea. March On 20 March 2013, three South Korean television stations and a bank suffered from frozen computer terminals in a suspected ...

April

May

* May 5:

Namdaemun Namdaemun (, ), officially known as the Sungnyemun (, ), is one of the Eight Gates in the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea, which surrounded the city in the Joseon dynasty. It is located in Jung-gu between Seoul Station and Seoul Plaza, ...

Gate reopens

June

* June 13: Bangtan Sonyeondan debuted

July

* July 21: The Labor Party is founded.

August

* August 29: The

Busan International Comedy Festival The Busan International Comedy Festival (BICF) () is an annual comedy festival and cultural event held in Busan, South Korea. Since its establishment in 2013, the festival takes place for four days in late August to early September every year. T ...

is founded. *

2013 South Korean sabotage plot In August 2013, South Korea's spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, accused Lee Seok-ki, a lawmaker from the leftist Unified Progressive Party (UPP), of plotting to overthrow the country's government if war broke out with North Korea. ...

* The

Arbeit Workers Union The Arbeit Workers Union ( ko, 아르바이트 노동조합; AWU), also abbreviated to Alba(-)nojo ( ko, 알바노조, literally ''Arbeit Union''), is a trade union of part-time workers called "''Areubaiteu''" (from german: Arbeit, lit=work) ...

is founded.

September

September 5 : Gdragon releases Coup De'Tat album

October

November

December

Films

18th Busan International Film Festival The 18th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 3 to October 12, 2013 and was hosted by Aaron Kwok and Kang Soo-yeon. The 10-day festival attracted 217,865 people despite the organizers having been forced to reschedule some event ...

50th Grand Bell Awards The 50th Grand Bell Awards (), also known as Daejong Film Awards, are determined and presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards were first presented in 1962 and have g ...

34th Blue Dragon Film Awards The 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony was held at Kyung Hee University's Peace Palace Hall in Seoul on November 22, 2013. It was broadcast on SBS and was hosted by Kim Hye-soo and Yoo Jun-sang. Nominations and winners Complete list of nomin ...

Music

* List of number-one hits of 2013 *

List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2013 The Gaon Album Chart is a record chart that ranks the best-selling albums and EPs in South Korea. It is part of the Gaon Music Chart which launched in February 2010. The data for the chart is compiled by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Touri ...

* List of number-one Streaming Songs of 2013 *

2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards The 2013 Mnet Asian Music Awards took place on November 22, 2013, at AsiaWorld-Arena in Hong Kong. The ceremony was the fourth consecutive Mnet Asian Music Awards to occur outside of South Korea Nominations were announced on October 23, 2013. L ...

Television

2013 KBS Drama Awards The 2013 KBS Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) network for the year of 2013. It was held on December 31, 2013 and hosted by actors Lee Mi-sook, Shin Hyun-joon ...

2013 SBS Drama Awards The 2013 SBS Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the best performances in television on the SBS network for the year 2013. It was held at the SBS Prism Tower in Sangam-dong, Seoul on December 31, 2013, and hosted by Lee Hwi-jae, Lee Bo-young, ...

2013 MBC Drama Awards The 2013 MBC Drama Awards () is a ceremony honoring the outstanding achievement in television on the Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) network for the year of 2013. It was held on December 30, 2013 and hosted by actor Lee Seung-gi and actress ...

6th Korea Drama Awards The 6th Korea Drama Awards () is an awards ceremony for excellence in television in South Korea. It was held at the Grand Performance Hall – Kyungnam Culture and Arts Center in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province on October 2, 2013 and hosted by Da ...

Sport

2013 in South Korean football This article shows the 2013 season of South Korean football. National team results Senior team Under-23 team K League K League Classic K League Challenge Promotion-relegation playoffs ----- ''Sangju Sangmu won 4–2 on agg ...

2013 Korea Open The 2013 Korea Open was a women's professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 10th edition of the tournament, which was part of the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place in Seoul, South Korea between 16 and 22 September 2013. Singles ...

2013 Korea Professional Baseball season The Korea Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season in the history of the Korea Professional Baseball. The Samsung Lions won the regular season and Korean series. Season structure Regular season For the 2013 season, due to the admissio ...

2013 Korean Series The Best-of-7 2013 Korean Series began on Tuesday, October 24, at the Daegu Baseball Stadium in Daegu, South Korea. It featured the Samsung Lions, who had claimed homefield advantage by finishing in first place at the end of the regular season, ...

* 2013 Korea Open Grand Prix Gold *

2013 Korean Grand Prix The 2013 Korean Grand Prix (formally known as the 2013 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 6 October 2013 at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Korea. The race was the fourteenth round of the ...

* 2013 3 Hours of Inje

Deaths

Rottyful Sky Kim Haneul (March 22, 1988 – October 8, 2013), better known by her stage name Rottyful Sky ( ko, 로티플스카이), formerly known as Haneul, was a Korean pop singer and producer. Career Solo career and further singles (2001–2006) She deb ...

(age 25), singer and actress,

October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Constantine I defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger preven ...

References

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