2007 in South Korea

Incumbents

• President: Roh Moo-hyun
• Prime Minister:
• * Han Myeong-sook until April 2,
• * Han Duck-soo

Events

• February 7: Manhunt International 2007
• April 2: Han Duck-soo becomes prime minister of South Korea, replacing Han Myeong-sook
• April 16: South Korean expatriate Seung-Hui Cho murders 32 people at Virginia Tech in the U.S.
• June 30: The free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea is signed.
• July 19: South Korean citizens in Afghanistan are taken hostage by terrorists.
• July 27: The South Korean pledge of allegiance is re-worded to remove overly racialist language.
• August 17: Jellyfish Entertainment is founded.
• November 17: 2007 Mnet Asian Music Awards
• December 7: 2007 South Korea oil spill
• December 19: 2007 South Korean presidential election
• BBK stock price manipulation incident

Sport

• 2007 in South Korean football
• 2007 Korea Professional Baseball season
• South Korea at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games
• South Korea at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
• South Korea at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics
• South Korea at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships
• 2007 Korea Open Super Series
• 2007 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships
• 2007 FIBA Asia Championship for Women

Film

• List of South Korean films of 2007
• List of 2007 box office number-one films in South Korea
• 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards
• 44th Grand Bell Awards

Television

• 1st Korea Drama Awards
• 2007 KBS Drama Awards
• 2007 MBC Drama Awards
• The first SBS Entertainment Awards ceremony.

Deaths

• January 21 - U;Nee, singer, rapper, dancer and actress, suicide
• February 10 - Jeong Da-bin, actress, suicide