USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Coming to power after the end of Japanese rule in 1945, he authorized the invasion of South Korea in 1950, triggering an intervention in defense of South Korea by the United Nations led by the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -He even defied the United Nations (UN) during the Korean War (1950–53). Hoping that UN forces would continue to fight and eventually unite North and South Korea under one government, Rhee hindered the truce talks by ordering the release in June 1953 of some 25, 000 anticommunist North Korean prisoners.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Korean War was a proxy war for the Cold War. The West-the United Kingdom and the U.S., supported by the United Nations-supported South Korea, while communist China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea.