Word: syngman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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After announcing that he would not seek a third term as President, South Korea's aging Strongman Syngman Rhee was at last persuaded to run "only by the clamor of the Korean people." He was confident of his popularity and of the efficiency of his machine. Chipper and jaunty at 81, he spent the final days of the campaign attending the movies and pointing out dirty spots on the new floors of his pet project, Seoul's plush $5,000,000 Bando Hotel...
...enough to upset Rhee's well-organized political machine. Anti-Rhee campaigners were harassed by strong-arm squads of government backers. And in towns and villages throughout South Korea, the republic's 48,000 police openly stumped for Rhee and Lee. What possibly could happen to dim Syngman Rhee's inevitable victory...
...footlockers. The ballots had been printed before Shinicky's death, and still bore his name. There were few incidents and no certified cases of interference with the voters. By nightfall, the huge unpainted boxes began to give up their secret. It proved to be a bitter one for Syngman Rhee. In a revolt that spread through cities and villages alike, the people of South Korea had dealt Rhee and his government a stunning blow...
...train pulled into Seoul, it was met by a crowd of 20,000, many of them students from Korea University and the National University of Seoul, both anti-Rhee strongholds. "Overthrow Dictator Syngman Rhee," they shouted. Some climbed over the train and smashed windows in an effort to view Shinicky's body. Then, when the body was transferred to an ambulance, demonstrators snake-danced through the streets after...
Died. P. H. Shinicky (real name: Shin Ikhi), 62, bitter political foe and chief opponent of 81-year-old Syngman Rhee in South Korea's forthcoming (May 15) elections; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Iri, South Korea (see FOREIGN NEWS...