Who was the leader of South Korea during the Korean War?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

Syngman Rhee

Answer 5

sing juan caw

Answer 6

kim il sung. the Korean "Stalin".

Answer 7

kim sung