The following lists events in the year 2021 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 ...

: Moon Jae-in (assumed office from May 10, 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 ...

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Chung Sye-kyun Chung Sye-kyun () is a South Korean politician who has served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 2016 to 2018 and Prime Minister of South Korea from 2020 to 2021. He was previously leader of the main opposition Democratic Party between 2 ...

(until April 16, 2021) **

Hong Nam-ki Hong Nam-ki (; born 29 July 1960) is a former Minister of Economy and Finance and an Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea served under President Moon Jae-in from 2018 to 2022. He is the longest serving Minister of Economy and Finance and Depu ...

(until May 14, 2021) **

Kim Boo-kyum Kim Boo-kyum (; born 21 January 1958) is a South Korean activist and politician, who has served as the Prime Minister of South Korea from 2021 to 2022. He was the former Minister of Interior and Safety from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democ ...

(from May 14, 2021)

Events

* April 7 –

2021 South Korean by-elections The 2021 South Korean by-elections were held in South Korea on 7 April 2021. The National Election Commission announced on 2 March 2021, that the by-elections would be held for 21 public offices or electoral districts, including 2 Metropolitan ...

. * April 13 – South Korean government protested and regretted the Japanese cabinet decision to dump radioactive water of the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. * December 24 – The South Korean government pardons former President

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 ...

due to deteriorating health, also exonerating the first female Prime Minister

Han Myeong-sook Han Myeong-sook (born March 24, 1944; ko, 한명숙 ) was the Prime Minister of South Korea from April 2006 to March 2007. She is South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chan ...

Deaths

* January 5 –

Kim Tschang-yeul Kim Tschang-yeul (24 December 19295 January 2021) was a South Korean artist in France known for his abstract paintings of water droplets. Art In 1958, Kim formed the Modern Artists' Association and joined the Art Informel movement, led by Wh ...

, 91, South Korean painter. * April 27 – Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, 89, South Korean cardinal.Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk dies
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References

{{Year in Asia, 2021

Years of the 21st century in South Korea 2020s in South Korea