2014 in South Korea
Events in the year 2014 in South Korea.
Incumbents
Events
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 3 – Businessman Song Seung-ho was found dead at his own building in Naebalsan-dong, Seoul. Seoul councilman Kim Hyung-shik was later found responsible for aiding Song Seung-ho's murder.
- 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
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
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