291 notable events in South Korea — wars, murders and fires. Page 2 of 3.
- Daeyeonggak Hotel fire
Dec 25, 1971 · Fire
- Stellar Daisy
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Attempted assassination of Lee Jae Myung
Jan 2, 2024 · Murder & homicide
- National Defense Corps incident
Dec 11, 1950–Apr 30, 1951 · Scandal & controversy
- McFarland incident
Feb 9, 2000 · Scandal & controversy
- Geochang massacre
Feb 9, 1951 · Massacre
- Sinking of Namyoung-Ho
Dec 1970 · Maritime disaster
- Russian cruiser Vladimir Monomakh
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Yi Kwal's Rebellion
Feb 15, 1624 · War & armed conflict
- 2005 Yeoncheon shooting
Jun 19, 2005 · Shooting
- 2024–2026 South Korean medical crisis
from Feb 20, 2024 · Crisis
- 2008 Namdaemun fire
Feb 10, 2008 · Attack (other)
- Gwangju Student Independence Movement
1929 · Riot & unrest
- Ganghwa Island shooting
Jul 4, 2011 · Shooting
- Dai Ichi Daihoumaru Ship case
Feb 4, 1953 · Shooting
- CAAC Flight 296
May 5, 1983 · Aviation accident
- Mungyeong massacre
Dec 24, 1949 · Massacre
- Pangyo Techno Valley vent collapse
Oct 17, 2014 · Accident
- 1998 Yosu submersible incident
Dec 17, 1998–Dec 18, 1998 · War & armed conflict
- Chaplain–Medic massacre
Jul 16, 1950 · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Ganghwa
Jun 10, 1871–Jun 11, 1871 · War & armed conflict
- 2025 South Korea wildfires
Mar 21, 2025–May 15, 2025 · Fire
- 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea
May 20, 2015 · Epidemic & disease
- Korean Air Flight 8702
Aug 5, 1998 · Aviation accident
- Gyeongseong Jukcheomjeong Brachycephalic Infant Incident
1933 · Incident
- Sambyeolcho Rebellion
Jun 1270–1273 · War & armed conflict
- Itaewon murder case
Apr 3, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- 2008 US beef protest in South Korea
2008 · Riot & unrest
- Ganghwa massacre
Jan 6, 1951 · Massacre
- 2017 fipronil eggs contamination
Jul 20, 2017 · Scandal & controversy
- Bloody Gulch massacre
Aug 12, 1950 · Massacre
- 2013 North Korea crisis
Feb 12, 2013–Jun 6, 2013 · Crisis
- 2025 Seoul Western District Court riot
Jan 19, 2025 · Riot & unrest
- Kibi Clan Rebellion
463 · War & armed conflict
- 2019 repatriation of North Koreans by South Korea
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- 105-Man Incident
1911 · Scandal & controversy
- Korean Air Flight 1533
Mar 15, 1999 · Aviation accident
- Japanese destroyer Miyuki
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Japanese landing craft carrier Mayasan Maru
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- John E. Day
Dec 23, 1950 · War & armed conflict
- Chilgok Child Abuse Case
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Hongik University Japanese woman assault case
Aug 23, 2019 · Crime & justice
- Yeoncheon army bullying
Apr 7, 2014 · Murder & homicide
- Heroic Corps
date unknown · Terrorism
- 2012 Gumi hydrofluoric acid leak
Sep 27, 2012 · Scandal & controversy
- Gimhae Girl High School Murder
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Hwaseong battery factory fire
Jun 24, 2024 · Fire
- Daegu elementary school students group sexual assault case
date unknown
- Kamabayashi incident
date unknown
- People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops during the Vietnam War
date unknown · Massacre
- 2016 Gyeongju earthquake
Sep 12, 2016 · Earthquake
- Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre
Oct 9, 1950 · Massacre
- 2012 South Korean professional baseball match-fixing scandal
2012 · Scandal & controversy
- 2011 South Korean football match-fixing scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Gwangju gang rape
Aug 2006–Mar 2007 · Crime & justice
- Murder of Ko Joon-hee
Nov 5, 2017 · Murder & homicide
- Suwon rape attempt-murder case
Apr 1, 2012 · Murder & homicide
- Sealand Youth Training Center Fire
Jun 30, 1999 · Fire
- 1984 DMZ incident
Nov 23, 1984 · War & armed conflict
- Gwangju Hwajeong I-Park exterior wall collapse
Jan 11, 2022 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Intellectual property rights issues in South Korea
date unknown
- Gimpo International Airport bombing
Sep 14, 1986 · Terrorism
- Iri station explosion
Nov 11, 1977 · Bombing & explosion
- Republic of Korea Army Training Center coprophagia incident
Jan 10, 2005
- Seoul southwestern serial murder case
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Busan shooting range fire
Nov 14, 2009 · Fire
- Odaeyang mass suicide
Aug 29, 1987 · Suicide & execution
- The Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- 2014 Seoul subway crash
May 2, 2014 · Rail accident
- 2025 South Korea floods
date unknown · Natural disaster
- 2008 Nonhyeon-dong gosiwon murders
Oct 20, 2008 · Attack (other)
- Yi In-jwa's Rebellion
1728 · War & armed conflict
- Pocheon poisonings
Jan 1, 2011–Jan 1, 2014 · Epidemic & disease
- 2012 South Korean prosecutor sex scandal
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Iksan station
date unknown · Rail accident
- Yongsan student rape-murder incident
Feb 18, 2006 · Murder & homicide
- Republic of Korea Navy ROKS Gang Gam-chan private first class suicide incident
Jun 18, 2021 · Suicide & execution
- 2013 South Korean sabotage plot
2013 · Crime & justice
- 2022 South Korea floods
from Aug 8, 2022 · Natural disaster
- Pusan American Cultural Service building arson
Mar 1, 1982 · Attack (other)
- December massacres
Dec 15, 1950 · War & armed conflict
- Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)
Sep 28, 1951–Sep 30, 1951 · War & armed conflict
- 2021 Gwangju building collapse
Jun 9, 2021 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Kim Sa-ryang
Oct 1, 1950 · War & armed conflict
- Busan high school girl serial rape
Jan 2006–Mar 2006 · Crime & justice
- Dobong female middle school student gang sexual assault case
date unknown
- Bucheon police torture rape incident
1986 · Attack (other)
- Mark Lippert knife attack
Mar 5, 2015 · Terrorism
- MBC Music Camp genital exposure accident
Jul 30, 2005 · Incident
- 2015 Sejong and Hwaseong shootings
Feb 27, 2015 · Shooting
- 2019 South Korean National Assembly attack
Dec 16, 2019 · Attack (other)
- Seoul Japanese school child attack incident
Jan 29, 2004 · Attack (other)
- Sancheong–Hamyang massacre
Feb 7, 1951 · Massacre
- Sankei Shimbun Seoul bureau chief defamation prosecution
Aug 3, 2014
- Gukpung 81
May 28, 1981–Jun 1, 1981 · Incident
- BBK stock price manipulation incident
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Jecheon AIDS scandal
date unknown · Crime & justice
- South Korea foot-and-mouth outbreak
date unknown · Epidemic & disease
- 2023 South Korea floods
from Jun 8, 2023 · Natural disaster
- Incheon schoolgirl murder
Mar 29, 2017 · Murder & homicide