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Syngman Rhee 이승만 | |
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| Born | 1875 March 26 Daegyong, Hwanghae, Joseon dynasty |
| Died | 1965 July 19 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Nationality | Korean |
Syngman Rhee was the first president of South Korea, ruling from 1948 to 1960.
Early life
Syngman Rhee was born in 1875 in the village of Daegyong in what is now the DPRK.[1] He graduated from Harvard in 1908.[2]
First Republic
Syngman Rhee returned to Korea in 1945 and became the first president of South Korea in 1948. In 1949, he crushed an uprising on Jeju Island, killing 14,000–100,000 people.[3] While his forces retreated at the beginning of the Korean War, they killed an additional 60,000 supposed communists.[4] He was overthrown in 1960 after massive student protests[5] and fled to Hawaii with the CIA's help.[6]
References
- ↑ Syngman Rhee (2021). Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ↑ "이승만[李承晩,1875.3.26(음력)~1965.7.19"]. Doopedia. Retrieved 2022-01-12.
- ↑ Ghosts of Cheju (2000-06-18). Newsweek. Archived from the original. Retrieved 2021-21-30.
- ↑ Kim Dong-Choon (2004). Forgotten war, forgotten massacres--the Korean War (1950-1953) as licensed mass killings. [PDF] Journal of Genocide Research.
- ↑ Cause of the 4.19 Revolution.
- ↑ Cyrus Farivar (2011). The Internet of Elsewhere: The Emergent Effects of a Wired World (p. 26). Rutgers University Press.