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Syngman Rhee (Korean: 이승만; Hanja: 李承晚, pronounced [iː.sɯŋ.man]; [b] 26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960.
The April Revolution (Korean: 4.19 혁명), also called the April 19 Revolution or April 19 Movement, were mass protests in South Korea against President Syngman Rhee and the First Republic from April 11 to 26, 1960, which led to Rhee's resignation.
General Chae Myung-shin, the commander of South Korean forces in Vietnam. Although the South Korean military was firstly dispatched in the time of Park Chung Hee administration the discussions to send the troops to Vietnam already started in Syngman Rhee era, when the French forces fought with Vietnam in the First Indochina War. [4]
The Liberal Party (Korean: 자유당; Hanja: 自由黨; RR: Jayudang) [a] was a far-right corporatist [11] and anti-communist political party in South Korea established in 1951 by Syngman Rhee. History
After the armistice, South Korea experienced political turmoil under years of autocratic leadership of Syngman Rhee, which was ended by student revolt in 1960. Throughout his rule, Rhee sought to take additional steps to cement his control of government. These began in 1952, when the government was still based in Busan due to the ongoing war ...
National Bodo League members identity card. South Korean President Syngman Rhee had [year needed] about 300,000 suspected communist sympathizers or his political opponents enrolled in an official "re-education" movement known as the National Bodo League [8] (or National Rehabilitation and Guidance League, National Guard Alliance, [9] National Guidance Alliance, [10] Gukmin Bodo Yeonmaeng, [9 ...
The Second Republic of Korea (Korean: 제2공화국; RR: Je-i Gonghwaguk; lit. "Second Republic") was the government of South Korea from April 1960 to May 1961.. The Second Republic was founded during the April Revolution mass protests against President Syngman Rhee, succeeding the First Republic and establishing a parliamentary government under President Yun Posun and Prime Minister Chang Myon.
Syng-man Rhee, the first President of South Korea Prior to the establishment of the First Republic in 1948, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea established in Shanghai in September 1919 as the continuation of several governments proclaimed in the aftermath of March First Movement earlier that year coordinated resistance against ...