USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

KOREAS PARTITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the non communist leader of South Korea?
A
Dr. Syngman Rhee
B
Kim Il Sung
C
Ho Chi Minh
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Top left: Rhee Syng-man became the first president of the Republic of Korea in 1948.

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.

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