Events from the year 1969 in South Korea.

Incumbents President: Park Chung-hee Prime Minister: Chung Il-kwon

Events August 8 – MBC Television officially launched service to nationwide. December 3 – End of Korean DMZ Conflict December 11 – Korean Air Lines YS-11 hijacking

Births

16 May - Kim Wan-sun, pop singer and dancer 8 August - Song Sung-il, Greco-Roman wrestler (d. 1995) 14 September - Bong Joon-ho, director and screenwriter 29 September - Cho Youn-jeong, archer 6 October - Hyun Jung-hwa, table tennis player

See also List of South Korean films of 1969 Years in Japan Years in North Korea

References