2017 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Park Geun-hye, Hwang Kyo-ahn ; Moon Jae-in

• Prime Minister:
• * until 11 May: Hwang Kyo-ahn
• * 11 May-31 May: Yoo Il-ho
• * starting 31 May: Lee Nak-yeon

  Events

• 17 February - Hanjin Shipping was bankruptcy.
• 3 April - Lotte Corporation shoots off fireworks to celebrate its opening of the 123-floor Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea. It is the tallest skyscraper in Korea and the 5th tallest in the world.
• 9 May - 2017 South Korean presidential election

  Deaths

• 18 January – Jung Mi-Kyung, novelist
• 30 October - Kim Joo-hyuk, actor
• 18 December
• * Kim Jong-Hyun, lead singer, SHINee
• * Choi Seo-In, comedian,