Tag: Syngman Rhee

  • South Korea had a difficult history with martial law

    Calls are growing for South Korean President Yoon Jae-sung to resign or face impeachment after he briefly declared martial law over the country. Kim from the University of Wisconsin-Madison said that Yoon made a “huge miscalculation”. Martial law was first decreed in South Korea in 1948 by then-President Syngman Rhee after government forces faced a…