As leader of the Comrades' Society, he engineered the removal of Japan's colonial possessions during World War II, and he occasionally returned to his native land as a YMCA evangelist.
In 1952 he declared a "Peace Line" extending into the sea, setting off an incident over control of Dokdo and Liancourt. As leader of the Comrades' Society, he engineered the removal of Japan's colonial possessions during World War II, and he occasionally returned to his native land as a YMCA evangelist. In 1960, he was deposed by the April Revolution in protest of suspected election fraud and the execution of the Progressive Party's leader. For 10 points, name this first president of South Korea and uncompromising leader in the Korean War.
In 1952 he declared a "Peace Line" extending into the sea, setting off an incident over control of Dokdo and Liancourt.
Syngman {Rhee}