2021 in South Korea

The following lists events in the year 2021 in South Korea.

Incumbents

 * President: Moon Jae-in (assumed office from May 10, 2017)
 * Prime Minister:
 * Chung Sye-kyun (until April 16, 2021)
 * Hong Nam-ki (until May 14, 2021)
 * Kim Boo-kyum (from May 14, 2021)

Events

 * April 7 – 2021 South Korean by-elections.
 * April 13 – South Korean government protested and regretted the Japanese cabinet decision to dump radioactive water of the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean.
 * December 24 – The South Korean government pardons former president Park Geun-hye due to deteriorating health, also exonerating the first female prime minister Han Myeong-sook.

Deaths

 * January 5 – Kim Tschang-yeul, 91, South Korean painter.
 * April 27 – Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, 89, South Korean cardinal.