Syngman Rhee
Syngman Rhee was South Korea’s first president. He was raised in Pyongsan County, North Korea. As a young boy, he had completed known everything about Confucian education and was enrolled in a Methodist school. In the school, he became a nationalist. In 1896, he and his other friends formed a club that would force Japan to give Korean independence. When someone closed down his club, he was arrested and imprisoned until 1904. After, he left the hail he decided to go the U.S. in 1910 where he graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. When he came home in 1910, Korea was finally annexed by Japan. However, he couldn’t stop any of the Japanese rule. Since he was already in the states he decided to emigrate to Hawaii. He became
Syngman Rhee was South Korea’s first president. He was raised in Pyongsan County, North Korea. As a young boy, he had completed known everything about Confucian education and was enrolled in a Methodist school. In the school, he became a nationalist. In 1896, he and his other friends formed a club that would force Japan to give Korean independence. When someone closed down his club, he was arrested and imprisoned until 1904. After, he left the hail he decided to go the U.S. in 1910 where he graduated from Princeton University with a Ph.D. When he came home in 1910, Korea was finally annexed by Japan. However, he couldn’t stop any of the Japanese rule. Since he was already in the states he decided to emigrate to Hawaii. He became