Word: koreanizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...violence and intrigue had been part & parcel of Kim Koo's life for more than half a century. At 19, he killed a Japanese policeman in Korea, served several years in prison. Later Kim Koo went into exile in China, further enhanced his reputation both as an intense Korean nationalist and ruthless political terrorist: To friend & foe alike, he became known as "The Tiger...
...Rightist, but he soon broke with Rightist President Syngman Rhee. Kim made a bitter fight against establishment of the U.S.-sponsored South Korean Republic, which he felt would permanently divide his homeland...
Meanwhile, the Communists are increasing the military pressure with raids across the border. Brigadier General William L. Roberts, who will head the U.S. military advisory group in Seoul, estimates that 100,000 Korean veterans of the Chinese Communist army have recently returned to North Korea. They will add their strength to 200,000 Soviet-trained Korean veterans...
Nevertheless, South Korean troops show determination to defend their country. Americans here (including some with long experience in China) insist that the Koreans are a much better bet politically and militarily than the Chinese were...
Despite their peril, South Koreans still hope as well as fear. At Kaesong, a border city which North Koreans often raid (they killed 30 people there last fortnight), I visited the lovely garden of a wealthy Korean. The owner had moved to Seoul months ago, fearing Communists would nab him. But his gardens are perfectly kept. The head gardener, surprised by my surprise at this, explained: "He hopes to come back. What is any garden but an expression of faith in the future...