From 1910 until the end of World War Two, Korea was a part of the Japanese Empire, and therefore Emperor Hirohito was its head of state. The emperor's representative during that period was the Governor General, resident in Seoul. (For a list of Governors General, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor-General_of_Korea.)
It was only after World War II that the Soviet Union and the United States agreed to split Korea into two zones of occupation, ostensibly in order to speed up the surrender of Japanese troops and to get them out of Korea faster.
The story goes that two US State Department officials (Bonesteel and Rusk) took out a National Geographic Magazine map and saw that the 38th parallel of latitude divided the Korean peninsula almost equally into half, while keeping the capital, Seoul, within the southern (American) zone of occupation. That is why they arbitrarily decided to make that the dividing line between Soviet and American forces.
North Korea (officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) was not formally a state until September 1948, when the foundation of that state was declared, and Kim Il Sung its president.
Kim Il Sung, "the Great Leader," was the head of the Korean Workers Party and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 9 September, 1948 (the date of North Korean independence) until his death on 8 July, 1994. Upon his death his son, Kim Jong Il, took over and became the "Dear Leader." Kim Il Sung was elevated to "Eternal Leader" and the DPRK entered a 3 year period of mourning.
President Roh Moo-Hyun is current leader of the republic of Korea. but in 2008, now, Lee Myung-Bak is the president of South Korea. He is new.
Syngman Rhee
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kim il sung. the Korean "Stalin".
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The first president of South Korea, and leader of that nation during the Korean War.
South Korea fought communist during Korean War.
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Syngman Rhee, the president of South Korea
The president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee
The first president of South Korea, and leader of that nation during the Korean War.
Syngman Rhee
South Korea fought communist during Korean War.
Lee Seung-Man(이승만) was the president of South Korea during the Korean War.
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The official name of South Korea is the Republic of Korea in English, 대한민국 in Koreanwriting
South Korea
Syngman Rhee, the president of South Korea
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The president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee
South Korea, as north Korea is a communist state.