Hyug-Baeg Im
Contributor
LOCATION: Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Professor of Political Science, Korea University.
Primary Contributions (2)
History of South Korea, history of South Korea since the Korean War. For a discussion of the earlier history of the Korean peninsula, see Korea. The First Republic, established in August 1948, adopted a presidential system, and Syngman Rhee was subsequently elected its first president. South Korea…
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