2014 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Park Geun-hye
• Prime Minister: Jung Hong-won

  Events

January

February

• February 6 – Kim and Chae are rescued from the Sinan County salt farms.
• February 17 – A building collapse at a mountain resort in Gyeongju kills ten people.

  March

• March 11 – The Canada–South Korea Free Trade Agreement is signed by Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, and Park Geun-hye, the President of South Korea.

  April

• April 8 – The Australia–Korea Free Trade Agreement is signed by the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and South Korean President Park Geun-hye
• April 16 – A ferry carrying 476 people capsizes and sinks off the South Korean coast, killing at least 262 people and leaving 40 others missing.

  May

• May 2 – The 2014 Seoul subway crash occurred.
• May 12 – ITX saemaeul was started operation

  June

• June 4 – The 2014 South Korean local elections are held.

  July

• July 16 – A fire incident aboard the train at Busan Metro in the South Korean port city of Busan with five people injured and 100 people were evacuated.
• July 17 – A firefighting helicopter searching for missing people from the sinking of MV Sewol in April crashes in the South Korean city of Gwangju with five people aboard.
• July 30 – 2014 South Korean by-elections

  August

• 2014 South Korea floods

  September

• September 3 – Ladies' Code was involved in an accident at Yeongdong Expressway leading to deaths of members EunB and RiSe.
• September 19 – The Asian Games take place in Incheon, South Korea.

  October

• October 17 – Pangyo Techno Valley Vents Collapse

  November

December

• December 5 – Korean Air flight 086 was returned to gate at JFK airport because vice-president of Korean Air and a passenger aboard the plane, Heather Cho, became enraged about Macadamia service. As a result, the flight arrived at Incheon International Airport 11 minutes late.

  Films

• 19th Busan International Film Festival
• 51st Grand Bell Awards
• 1st Wildflower Film Awards
• 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards

  Television

• 3rd APAN Star Awards
• 2014 KBS Drama Awards
• 7th Korea Drama Awards
• 2014 MBC Drama Awards
• 2014 SBS Drama Awards

  Music

• List of number-one hits of 2014
• List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2014
• List of number-one Streaming Songs of 2014
• 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards

  Sports

• April 20–26 – 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I
• July 18–26 – South Korea finish top of the table at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships winning ten gold medals from 27 events.
• September 19 – October 4 – 2014 Asian Games

  Deaths

• September - Kim Song-ae, 89, president
• September 3 – Go Eun-bi, 21, singer
• September 7 – Kwon Rise, 23, singer
• October 27 – Shin Hae-chul, 46, singer-songwriter, producer, artist, activist