1988 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Chun Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo
• Prime Minister:
• * until 25 February: Kim Chung-yul
• * 25 February-2 March: Lee Hyun-jae
• * 2 March-5 December: Lee Hyun-jae
• * starting 5 December: Kang Young-hoon

Events

• September 17 - October 2 - 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul.

Births

• January 7 - Lim Ju-eun, actress
• January 15 - Jun. K, vocalist
• February 3 - Cho Kyuhyun, singer and actor
• February 16 - Kim Soo-hyun actor
• February 18 – Changmin, singer, songwriter and occasional actor
• February 20 - Ki Bo-bae, archer
• March 10 - Kang In-soo, singer
• March 12 - Kim Ji-yeon, fencer
• April 1 - Jung Hae-in, actor
• April 8 - Kim Myung-sung, baseball player
• April 14 - Kim Shin-wook, footballer
• April 24 - Jinri Park, model, DJ and actress based in the Philippines
• April 25 - Dasuri Choi, dancer and entertainer based in the Philippines
• May 18 - Taeyang, singer and dancer
• May 24 - Jeon Yeong-Eun, athlete
• July 1 - Sun So-eun, swimmer
• July 12 - Inbee Park, golfer
• August 8 - Kim Min-jeong, judoka
• August 18 - G-Dragon, singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer
• September 6 - Kim On-a, handball player

Deaths

• September 18 - Heo Jeong, politician and Korean independence activist