title: 2017 in South Korea
text: # 2017 in South Korea
  
  Events in the year 2017 in South Korea.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * President:
     * Park Geun-hye (Powers and duties suspended as of December 9, 2016),
     * Hwang Kyo-ahn (Acting President as of December 9, 2016);
     * Moon Jae-in (since 10 May)
  * Prime Minister:
     * until 11 May: Hwang Kyo-ahn
     * 11 May-31 May: Yoo Il-ho (acting)
     * starting 31 May: Lee Nak-yeon
  
  ## Events
  
  * 17 February – Hanjin Shipping was bankruptcy.
  * 3 April – Lotte Corporation shoots off fireworks to celebrate its opening of the 123-floor Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea. It is the tallest skyscraper in Korea and the 5th tallest in the world.
  * 9 May – 2017 South Korean presidential election
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 18 January – Jung Mi-Kyung, novelist (b. 1960)
  * 30 October - Kim Joo-hyuk, actor (b. 1972)
  * 18 December
     * Kim Jong-Hyun, lead singer, SHINee (b. 1990)
     * Choi Seo-In, comedian, (b. 1983)
  