2014 in South Korea
# 2014 in South Korea

Events in the year 2014 in South Korea.

## Incumbents

* President: Park Geun-hye
* Prime Minister: Jung Hong-won

## Events

### February

* February 6 – Kim and Chae are rescued from the Sinan County salt farms.
* February 17 – A building collapse at a mountain resort in Gyeongju kills ten people.

### March

* March 11 – The Canada–South Korea Free Trade Agreement is signed by Stephen Harper, the Prime Minister of Canada, and Park Geun-hye, the President of South Korea.

### April

* April 8 – The Australia–Korea Free Trade Agreement is signed by the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and South Korean President Park Geun-hye
* April 16 – A ferry carrying 476 people capsizes and sinks off the South Korean coast, killing at least 262 people and leaving 40 others missing.

### May

* May 2 – The 2014 Seoul subway crash occurred.
* May 12 – ITX saemaeul was started operation

### June

* June 4 – The 2014 South Korean local elections are held.

### July

* July 16 – A fire incident aboard the train at Busan Metro in the South Korean port city of Busan with five people injured and 100 people were evacuated.
* July 17 – A firefighting helicopter searching for missing people from the sinking of MV Sewol in April crashes in the South Korean city of Gwangju with five people aboard.
* July 30 – 2014 South Korean by-elections

### August

* 2014 South Korea floods

### September

* September 3 – Ladies' Code was involved in an accident at Yeongdong Expressway leading to deaths of members EunB and RiSe.
* September 19 – The Asian Games take place in Incheon, South Korea.

### October

* October 17 – Pangyo Techno Valley Vents Collapse

### December

* December 5 – Korean Air flight 086 was returned to gate at JFK airport because vice-president of Korean Air and a passenger aboard the plane, Heather Cho, became enraged about Macadamia service. As a result, the flight arrived at Incheon International Airport 11 minutes late.

## Films

* 19th Busan International Film Festival
* 51st Grand Bell Awards
* 1st Wildflower Film Awards
* 35th Blue Dragon Film Awards

## Television

* 3rd APAN Star Awards
* 2014 KBS Drama Awards
* 7th Korea Drama Awards
* 2014 MBC Drama Awards
* 2014 SBS Drama Awards

## Music

* List of number-one hits of 2014
* List of Gaon Album Chart number ones of 2014
* List of number-one Streaming Songs of 2014
* 2014 Mnet Asian Music Awards

## Sports

* April 20–26 – 2014 IIHF World Championship Division I (Group A)
* July 18–26 – South Korea finish top of the table at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships winning ten gold medals from 27 events.
* September 19 – October 4 – 2014 Asian Games

## Deaths

* September - Kim Song-ae, 89, president (Former of First Lady Of North Korea)
* September 3 – Go Eun-bi, 21, singer (Ladies' Code)
* September 7 – Kwon Rise, 23, singer (Ladies' Code)
* October 27 – Shin Hae-chul, 46, singer-songwriter, producer, artist, activist (N.EX.T)
