1968 in South Korea

← 1967 1966 1965 1968 in South Korea → 1969 1970 1971
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events in 1968 Years in South Korea Timeline of Korean history 1968 in North Korea

Events from the year 1968 in South Korea.

Incumbents

• President: Park Chung-hee
• Prime Minister: Chung Il-kwon

Events

• January 17–29 - Blue House Raid
• January 23 - USS Pueblo (AGER-2) captured by North Korea
• February 6 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division guard post attacked. 3 North Koreans killed by U.S. forces.
• March 27 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division and ROK 25th Infantry Division ambush North Korean infiltrators. 3 North Koreans killed.
• April 1 – POSCO founded in Gyeongsangnam-do, as predecessor name was Pohang Steel.^{[citation needed]}
• April 14 - U.S. Army Support Group truck ambushed south of the Joint Security Area in daylight.^[1]
• April 21 - 5 North Koreans killed and 15 North Koreans wounded by U.S. forces.
• July 3 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ.
• July 20 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ.
• July 21 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ.
• July 30 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ.
• August 5 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed south of the DMZ in daylight. 1 North Korean killed by U.S. forces.
• September 19 - 4 North Koreans killed by U.S. forces.
• September 27 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division jeep ambushed in the DMZ.
• October 3 - one North Korean killed by U.S. forces.
• October 5 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed in the DMZ.
• October 11 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol ambushed North Korean Army infiltrators in the DMZ. 2 North Koreans killed by U.S. forces.
• October 23 - U.S. 2nd Infantry Division patrol engaged KPA infiltrators in the DMZ. one North Korean killed by U.S. forces.
• October 30 - Ulchin-Samcheok (Gangwon-do) landings by 120 men of North Korean Army Unit 124; 110 of them were killed, 7 were captured and 3 escaped. 40 South Korean soldiers and police officers and 23 South Korean civilians were killed.
• December 23 - Crew of USS Pueblo released at Panmunjom.

Births

• January 14 - Kim Byung-Joo, judoka
• February 22 - Kim Jung-ju, businessman (d. 2022)
• July 14 - Hwang Sun-Hong, football player and manager

Deaths

See also

• List of South Korean films of 1968
• Korean DMZ Conflict (1966–69)

References