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64 Moments
2026
South Korea Sentences Former President Yoon Suk-yeol to Life in Prison
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to five years in first ruling tied to the 2024 martial law decree.
2025
Lee Jae-myung's election as the 21st President of South Korea
2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law.
2022
Seoul Halloween crowd crush
2020
The South Korean film Parasite becomes the first Korean film to receive an Academy award and and the first non–English language film to win Best Picture
2018
Korea: Unified Flag for Winter Olympics
Summit between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un
2017
Moon Jae-in Inaugurated as President, marking the start of new leadership.
Impeachment of President Park Geun-hye
2013
First domestic rocket sends satellite to orbit in historic milestone.
2009
Warships exchange fire in disputed sea border incidents
2008
Lee Myung-bak Elected President
Devastating fire destroys Namdaemun Gate.
2007
Historic Reconnection: Trains Cross Border After 56 Years
2002
Roh Moo-hyun Elected President
Naval skirmish claims lives on both sides
FIFA World Cup Co-hosted by South Korea and Japan
2001
Border offices reopen, prisoners granted amnesty, emotional reunions in truce village
Incheon International Airport opening on tidal land off port.
2000
Historic visit: Kim Dae-jung's milestone trip to North Korea.
1997
Kim Dae-jung Elected as President of South Korea
1996
1991
1988
Seoul Olympics: A Historical Sporting Event
1980
Gwangju Uprising
1979
Assassination of Park Chung Hee