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When South Korea's Minister of Education George Paik first ordered his country's schools reopened last December, teachers and principals alike were ready to throw up their hands in despair. Nearly all of South Korea's schools and colleges had been closed during the Communist invasion; 40% of their buildings were bombed and shelled beyond repair; many others were left in shambles by retreating troops. But when principals protested to Paik that there were not enough school buildings left to go around, the minister stood firm. "Start schools outdoors," he commanded. "Hold classes in riverbeds...
Korea's legislators showed their hostility to Rhee by demanding the resignation of the pro-Rhee cabinet on the ground that it was responsible for the war. Twice the Assembly refused to ratify Rhee's choice for Prime Minister, amiable George Paik, a Protestant mission college president who had been Education Minister before the war. The resentment against Paik and his sponsor stemmed partly from the fact that both had rated an airlift escape from Seoul last June, while many ordinary Assemblymen had to stay behind and hide...
...assault on the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. The 5th Regiment of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division drove out of the mountains 16 miles south of Pyongyang. The R.O.K. 1st Division punched in from a point eight miles southeast of the city. The R.O.K. troops were commanded by Brigadier General Paik Sun Yup, a man with a grim ambition to be the first into Pyongyang. Five years ago the city's Communist rulers had sawed off the head of General Paik's baby...
...R.O.K. 1st Division entered Pyongyang's handsome, tree-lined streets from the east. While diehard North Korean snipers blazed away, U.S. and R.O.K. troops met on an avenue flanked with burning buildings. Brigadier General Frank A. Allen Jr., assistant commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, sought out General Paik. Said Allen: "The 1st Cavalry Division wants to congratulate you on a wonderful job." Paik, a veteran of the Japanese army, slapped the back of every American, in sight, repeated exultantly: "Damn good job. Damn good...
Taking Trips. Nowhere else along the 200 miles of the semicircular U.N. front was North Korean resistance as stubborn as at Kumchon. On the 1st Cavalry's right flank, the 1st R.O.K. Division under able Major General Paik Sun Yap (TIME, July 24) raced ahead, aided by U.S. tanks and rockets from F-80s. Said trim, 30-year-old General Paik, "Now at least we have some tanks, too, and it is wonderful. My tactic is 'no stop.' " He added proudly, "Now we can be like General Patton...