Syngman Rhee (1875-1965) was a leader in Korean independence movements. He was elected the first president of the Republic of Korea in 1948. His government was overthrown in 1960. Yi Sung-man, who Westernized his name to Syngman Rhee, was born on April...

(1875–1965), first president of South Korea. Syngman Rhee (Yi Sung-man) was the first president of South Korea from 1948 until 1960. Rhee was born on 26 April 1875 in Hwangwae Province to an aristocratic family. Rhee was educated in both the...

This is a Korean name; the family name is Rhee. Syngman Rhee or Yi Seungman (March 26, 1875 – July 19, 1965) was the first president of South Korea. His presidency, from August 1948 to April 1960, remains controversial, affected by Cold War tensions...

The outgoing moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) says the badly divided church needs a theological commission to find ways to overcome doctrinal and social differences and seek "a more excellent way." Syngman Rhee, who was elected last June to a one-year...

Frederick Longshore, 18, Pennsylvania. Michael Luosey, 17, Maine. George Luker, 21, Illinois. Vernon Lawrance, 20, North Carolina. The census taker making his rounds on April 8, 1930, at the U.S. Naval Academy's Bancroft Hall in Annapolis, Md., couldn't have guessed which midshipman would...

_Aug. 15, 1945: Japan surrenders to end World War II in Asia and also its colonial occupation of the Korean peninsula._May 10, 1948: South Korea holds elections without the North and Syngman Rhee becomes the first president of South Korea, effectively dividing the country after...

On a July morning a lifetime ago, two generals, one in American khaki, the other in North Korean drab, strode into a makeshift building in a no-man's-land, took their seats at separate tables and signed the papers put before them. They left after just 12...

"United we stand, divided we die (or fall)"was the ideology of Syngman Rhee. He said this to the American government during the Korean War, stating that Korea should be united as one and demanding for power to control the united Korea.