← 1971 1970 1969 1972 in South Korea → 1973 1974 1975
Centuries:	20th 21st
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events in 1972 Years in South Korea Timeline of Korean history 1972 in North Korea

Events from the year 1972 in South Korea.

Incumbents

• President: Park Chung-hee
• Prime Minister: Kim Jong-pil

Events

• December 2 – According to Seoul Fire Department official confirmed report, a massibie caught fire in Seoul Citizen Hall (now Sejong Center), Jongno-gu, Seoul, 51 persons were human fatalities, 76 persons were wounded.^{[citation needed]}

Births

• January 1 – Yoon Chan, actor
• January 5 – Jang Seo-hee, actress
• January 15
  • Il Mi Chung, golfer
  • Yang Yong-eun, golfer
• March 7 – Jang Dong-gun, actor
• June 16 – John Cho, actor
• July 28 – Yum Jung-ah, actress
• August 29 – Bae Yong-joon, actor and businessman
• September 6 - Oh Yong-ran, handball player^[1]
• October 6 – Ko So-young, actress and model
• October 8 – Kim Myung-min, actor
• December 13 - J. Y. Park, singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive and reality television show judge