2026 in South Korea

Scheduled events in 2026 in South Korea.

Incumbents

Office	Image	Name	Assumed office / Current length
President of the Republic of Korea		Lee Jae-myung
Speaker of the National Assembly		Woo Won-shik
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court		Cho Hee-dae
President of the Constitutional Court		Kim Sanghwan
Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea		Kim Min-seok

2 January – A KAI T-50 Golden Eagle of the Republic of Korea Air Force overturns during an emergency landing at Gwangju Air Base in Gwangju. Both pilots are unharmed.
16 January –
*Former president Yoon Suk Yeol is convicted and sentenced to five years' imprisonment on charges of abuse of power, obstruction of justice and falsification of documents in one of four trials relating to the 2024 South Korean martial law crisis.
*A massive fire breaks out at Guryong Village in Gangnam, Seoul.
21 January – Former prime minister Han Duck-soo is convicted and sentenced to 23 years' imprisonment on charges relating to the 2024 South Korean martial law crisis.
28 January – Former first lady Kim Keon Hee is convicted and sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment on charges of accepting bribes from the Unification Church.

5 September – 4 November: The Yeosu World Island Exhibition will take place in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province.

As per Presidential Decree No. 28394, 2017. 10. 17., partially amended, the following days are declared holidays in South Korea:

1 January –, 50, baseball player.
4 January – Kim Young-in, 85, actor.
5 January – Ahn Sung-ki, 74, actor.
11 January – Park Soon-yong, 81, lawyer, prosecutor general.
14 January – Kim min-jae, 53, baseball player.
20 January – Li Chang-Su, 58, North Korean-born judoka and defector to South Korea.
25 January –
*Lee Hae-chan, 73, prime minister, minister of education and MNA.
*Gong Ro-myung, 93, diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs.