In larger towns, only land owners and tax payers could vote, while in small towns, elders voted for everyone else.The elections were marred by terrorism resulting in 600 deaths between March and May.Not all South Koreans supported the elections; Kim Koo and Kim Kyu-sik opposed the election from the beginning and eventually both boycotted the elections.Kim, Ilpyong.
Page 149Allen, Richard C. Korea's Syngman Rhee, An unauthorized portrait. Some had developed a fondness for the United States ever since 1945 when American occupation began on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Many Koreans looked to the world’s lone superpower for ideas, guidance and aid. The Korean peninsula was liberated from Japanese occupation by both Soviet and American armed forces, late in the Second World War.
Elections would be held, a government would be set up and, after many years of occupation, Korea would become independent once more. The assembly then elected Syngman Rhee president on July 20.
The Soviets and many Koreans had very different visions for the country’s future.
The Korean PWPA, Inc. Paragon House, New York. Those visitors unfamiliar with the history of the war might walk away with the impression that men and only men were central to the war effort. Political Change in South Korea. Seattle Washington. 1988. p24.Oliver, Robert T. Syngman Rhee and American Involvement in Korea 1942_1960.
Page 94Wright, Edward Reynolds. May 10, 1948 In the Republic of Korea (ROK), the U.S-backed, 70-year-old Korean expatriate Syngman Rhee is elected chairman of the Korean Assembly, and later becomes president. Constitutional Assembly elections were held in South Korea on 10 May 1948. May 1, 1948 (Saturday). It might also further inflame tensions with the Soviet Union, which understandably viewed the anti-communist Rhee as an enemy.Elections for posts in the Constitutional Assembly occurred on May 10, 1948. Young, Whan Kihl. As the American founding fathers understood, establishing a democratic society is easier said than done. Korean Politics in Transition.
It was ratified on July 17, 1948. In 1948, the subject of an election of any kind in South Korea was an issue worldwide. Many of Rhee’s supporters, including some police and right-wing youth groups, patrolled towns and villages, threatening his political opponents with violence: “Cases of police or youth groups beating, threatening, robbing, blackmailing, and removing the ration cards of those who would not register [to vote] were reported…”On the morning of May 10, the polls opened on time.
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