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Syngman Rhee

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American-backed leader who established South Korea after WWII, leading to the Korean War and eventually the ROK state.

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"The Korean peninsula was divided between the Soviet backed Kim Il Sung and the American backed Syngman Rhee. This led to the Korean war of the 1950s, as each side claimed to be the true government of the entire Korean peninsula."
As late as the 1980s, Korean diaspora in Japan were choosing to move to the DPRK, instead of South Korea · u/SunKilMarqueeMoon · ↑66 · 2024-08-06
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