1972 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Park Chung-hee
• Prime Minister: Kim Jong-pil

Events

• December 2 - According to Seoul Fire Department official confirmed report, a massibie caught fire in Seoul Citizen Hall, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 51 persons were human fatalities, 76 persons were wounded.

Births

• January 1 – Yoon Chan, actor
• January 5 – Jang Seo-hee, actress
• January 15
• * Il Mi Chung, golfer
• * Yang Yong-eun, golfer
• March 7 – Jang Dong-gun, actor
• June 16 – John Cho, actor
• July 28 – Yum Jung-ah, actress
• August 29 – Bae Yong-joon, actor and businessman
• September 6 - Oh Yong-ran, handball player
• October 6 – Ko So-young, actress and model
• October 8 – Kim Myung-min, actor
• December 13 - J. Y. Park, singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive and reality television show judge