Syngman Rhee

democratically elected leader led to the separation of Korea and heightened tensions with the U.S. The USSR’s aid to the development of The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), or North Korea, led by Kim Il-Sung opposite the U.S.’s support of Syngman Rhee as the leader of the Republic of Korea (ROK), or South Korea, resulting in the countries’ divide and fight for reunification led by their own state. By 1956, North Korea began learning to develop its own nuclear weapons with help from…

following WWII. The Americans vowed to help any country threatened by communism (Truman Doctorine, March 12th 1947). By the end of 1947 the US troops were prepared to leave South Korea and leave the country in hands of a pro-American conservative Dr. Syngman Rhee. But, all plans of leaving were set to change when the Americans soon realized that the communist…

has been marked by political turbulence. Current textbooks emphasize liberal events such as the April Revolution and Gwangju Democratization Movement . In comparison, they downplay the economic growth fostered by Park Chung-Hee and the legacy of Syngman Rhee, the first president of Republic of Korea. The disparity in depth of information on certain events substantiates the proponents’ argument that current textbooks are not an appropriate, full account of history. Conservatives condemn the…

North Korea is not a place that most people really know about; they are a very closed-off country and are very secretive. Up until recently, many people didn’t even know of what North Korea is capable of. Recently, the production of the movie “The Interview”, has sparked much conflict between the company Sony and North Korea. The country is of violence, neglect, and power-hungry dictators. No one really knows the truth about North Korea, but what they do know is that North Korea is a country…

Faced with worsening economic troubles, unemployment, and riots Rhee resigned. Allowing General Park Chung-hee to take control of the country. The general declared martial law initially, however he did hold an election in 1963, which he won. And second and third elections in 1967 and 1971 respectively, winning all of…

The Cold War is a difficult era to understand. The entire conflict between the US and the USSR never can to fruition in direct battle, though many lives were still lost in multiple international crises. One of the most important was the fight over Korea. With much of the Western world terrified of communism, many swore to do anything to stop its advance. This was the main priority for the United States after the end of World War II and the US and USSR quickly turned against each other now that…

The Cold War: A New History is about the Cold War, which occurred after the Second World War. The book explains when it “started”, when it ended, and the events that occurred between 1947 – 1991. This war had no clear indication of when it began, for there no treaties being broken, no declaration of battle or of a war. But this time period was of a tension of political and military, for the leaders of Western bloc and Eastern bloc were on the edge of the Second World War. The Cold War was a war…

On the 25th June the fragile peace in Korea was shattered when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea and ultimately leading to a conflict that would span three years and cost an estimated 2.5 million lives. Korea had been liberated from Japanese control in 1945 by Soviet troops who moved down into the north of the country and US troops who landed in the south. After this the country was divided along the 38th parallel of latitude until the country could be…

Korea 1950, under American leadership, the United nations went into war for the first time. What began as a conflict between rival regimes between North and South Korea, turned into a confrontation between East and West, threatening to escalate into a third world war. The allied forces became embroiled in a war unlike any they have known, yet, for the Americans it served as a military rehearsal, for one, they would come to know, in Vietnam. Reminiscent to the First World War, it started in…

The type of artwork that attracts me shows scenes of mother Earth from the bottom of the deep blue ocean floor to the silent and breathtaking galaxy and everything in between the two layers. In the East Asian culture, the Syngman Rhee Era pertained artworks of the bird and flower painting genre where simple drawings of simple life forms were used as the major subject (Yong-Jin, Kim 1¬¬¬¬). At the University Of Michigan Museum Of Art, Kim Yong-Jin’s Fourteen Fruit and Flower Sketches features…