The Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, making her the first Korean president removed from office, and Moon Jae-in won the early election in May. North Korea carried out its sixth nuclear test, and an earthquake in Pohang forced the college entrance exam to be postponed by a week.
The year in Korea
Mar 10The Constitutional Court unanimously (8–0) upheld the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, removing her from office. [Source]
Mar 22The salvage operation to raise the wreck of the Sewol ferry, which sank in 2014, began. [Source]
Mar 31Former president Park Geun-hye was arrested and held at the Seoul Detention Center. [Source]
Apr 3The 123-story, 555-meter Lotte World Tower in Seoul officially opened. [Source]
May 9Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party won the early presidential election and took office the next day. [Source]
Sep 3North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test, claiming it was a hydrogen bomb. [Source]
Nov 15A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Pohang, and the college entrance exam was postponed by a week. [Source]
Dec 21A fire at a sports center building in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province, killed 29 people. [Source]
Jan 20Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. [Source]
Songs, shows & trends
Sports
BTS wins at the Billboard Music Awards — In May the band won Top Social Artist, the first K-pop group to win a Billboard award. [Source]
Film
Jang Hoon – “A Taxi Driver” — Released on August 2, the story of a taxi driver and a foreign reporter in Gwangju in 1980 struck a deep chord. [Source]
Kim Yong-hwa – “Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds” — An afterlife fantasy based on a webtoon, released on December 20. [Source]
Music
Wanna One debuts — The 11-member group formed through “Produce 101” Season 2 debuted on August 7. [Source]
Year League: the best year
Sources
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2010s · The Global Korean Wave and the Candlelight Protests
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