1979 in South Korea
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Events from the year 1979 in South Korea.
Incumbents
- President:
- Park Chung-hee (to 26 October)
- Choi Kyu-hah (from 6 December)
Events
- October 3 - Security chief Kim Jae-kyu meets democrat politician Kim Young-sam to discuss the country's future.
- December 6 - South Korean presidential election, 1979, confirms former prime minister Choi Kyu-hah as the new president.[1]
- December 12 - Coup d'état of December Twelfth: Lieutenant General Chun Doo-hwan, commander of the Security Command,[2][3] orders the arrest of General Jeong Seung-hwa, ROK Army Chief of Staff, on allegations of involvement in the assassination of President Park Chung Hee. A shoot-out at the Army Headquarters and the Ministry of Defense results in Chun and his fellow eleventh class military academy graduates such as Major General Roh Tae-woo and Major General Jeong Ho-yong taking control of the Korean military.
Films
Births
Deaths
- October 26 - President Park Chung-hee, 61 (assassinated)
References
- ↑ Asia Watch Committee (1986). Human Rights in Korea. p. 31
- ↑ http://news.donga.com/3//20081119/8659656/1
- ↑ http://alldic.nate.com/search/endic.html?search_select2=on&category=&cm=c&q=%BA%B8%BE%C8%BB%E7%B7%C9%BA%CE
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