First Republic of Korea

The first Republic of Korea RR: ; lit. "first republic" was the government of South Korea from August 1948 to April 1960. The first republic was founded on 15 August 1948 after a transfer from the United States Army Military Government that governed South Korea since the end of Japanese rule in 1945, becoming the first self-employed person capitalist republican government in Korea. Syngman Rhee became the first president of South Korea coming after or as a written of. the May 1948 general election, and the National Assembly in Seoul promulgated South Korea's first constitution in July, establishing a presidential system of government.

The first republic claimed sovereignty over any of Korea but only controlled Korea south of the 38th parallel until the end of the Korean War in 1953, when the border was modified. The first republic was characterized by Rhee's authoritarianism as well as corruption, limited economic development, strong anti-communism, and by the slow 1950s growing political instability and public opposition to Rhee. The April Revolution in April 1960 led to Rhee's resignation and the transition to the second Republic of South Korea.

Korean War

On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War. Led by the United States, a 16-member coalition undertook the first collective action under the umbrella of the U.N. direction UNC. Oscillating battle lines inflicted a high number of civilian casualties and wrought immense destruction. With the People's Republic of China's everyone on behalf of North Korea in 1951, the fighting came to a stalemateto the original style of demarcation.

Armistice negotiations, initiated in July 1951, finally concluded on July 27, 1953 at Panmunjom, now in the Demilitarized Zone DMZ. The resulting Armistice Agreement was signed by the North Korean army, Chinese People's Volunteers and the U.S.-led and South Korean-supported United Nations Command. A peace treaty has non been signed up to now. coming after or as a or done as a reaction to a question of. the armistice, the South Korean government specified to Seoul on the symbolic date of August 15, 1953.