2022 in South Korea

The following lists events in the year 2022 in South Korea.

Incumbents

Events

• 11 January – In an apartment which was in construction in Gwangju, the outer wall collapsed, trapping 6 workers, later one was found dead.
• 9 March – 2022 South Korean presidential election: Yoon Suk-yeol is narrowly elected as president.
• 10 May – Yoon Suk-yeol is inaugurated, becoming the 13th president of South Korea.
• 1 June – 2022 South Korean local and by-elections. President Yoon's party, the People Power Party, decisively won the local elections.
• 9 June – Daegu office fire
• 8 August – 2022 South Korean floods
• 29 October – Seoul Halloween crowd crush: at least 156 people are killed and 172 people are injured after a large crowd of people are crushed in a narrow street.

Holidays

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

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 1 February to 3 February – Korean New Year
• 1 March – March 1st Movement Day
• 5 May – Children's Day South Korea
• 8 May – Buddha's Birthday
• 6 June – Memorial Day
• 15 August – National Liberation Day
• 9 September to 11 September – Chuseok
• 3 October – National Foundation Day
• 9 October – Hangul Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day

Arts and entertainment

• List of South Korean films of 2022
• List of 2022 box office number-one films in South Korea
• 23rd Jeonju International Film Festival - April 28 – May 7, 2022
• 26th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival – July 7 – 17
• 27th Busan International Film Festival – October 5 – 14
• 2022 MBC Entertainment Awards
• 2022 SBS Entertainment Awards
• 2022 KBS Drama Awards
• 2022 MBC Drama Awards
• 2022 SBS Drama Awards

Deaths

• 5 January – Kim Mi-soo, 29 (31 in Korean age), actress
• 26 March – Bang Jun-seok, 52, film score composer and music director
• 7 May – Kang Soo-yeon, 55, actress
• 8 June – Song Hae, 95, television music show host and singer
• 28 November – O Taeseok, 82, playwright and translator

References