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"In Hawaii, Rhee prompted a divide in the Korean community when he expelled Park Yong-man, an independence activist,  organizing a Korean assembly and establishing a military school for young Koreans."

Hankyoreh Article 2008

Practiced Distortion:

The resurrection of Syngman Rhee’s legacy

Kim Sam-woong

Former President of the Independence Hall of Korea


Oct.9,2008 13:27

Some of the people who used to delight in resurrecting the legacy of former President Park Chung-hee are now waging an all-out war to save that of Syngman Rhee with the publication of a series of books glorifying him as the “father of the nation.” The same kind of people who would call call Rhee the “father of the nation” in the South are the same as those who would call Kim Il-sung the “great leader” in the North. The history of the Korean Peninsula is taking another step backward in time. Continue reading