Deaths
- February 6 – Lee Yeong-duk, 84, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1994), died of pneumonia.
- February 7 – Lim Soo-Hyeok, 40, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants), died of cardiac dysrhythmia.
- March 6 – Cho Gyeong-chul, astronomer, died of heart attack.
- March 29 – Choi Jin-yeong, actor and singer, committed suicide.
- June 30 – Park Yong-ha, actor and singer, committed suicide aged 32.
- August 12 – André Kim, fashion designer, pneumonia and colorectal cancer aged 74.
- October 10 – Hwang Jang-yop, politician in North Korea who defected to South Korea, died of a heart attack.
- December 5 – Lee Young-hee, Social activists, died of a Cirrhosis.
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