1954 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Rhee Syng-man
• Vice President: Ham Tae-young
• Prime Minister: Paik Too-chin, Pyon Yong-tae

Events

February

• February 16 - After honeymooning with Joe DiMaggio in Japan, actress Marilyn Monroe performs ten USO shows in four days for American soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors in Korea.

Births

• Hi Kyung Kim.
• 22 February-Kim Chang-wan
• 4 September-Jeon In-kwon
• 27 September - Hyun In-taek.
• 15 October - Lim Chulwoo.
• 3 December - Yang Hee-kyung.
• Lee Chang-dong-Korean film director and novelist