On October 30, 1918, Judge William Heen of the First Circuit Juvenile Court of the Hawaii Territory, an administrative ...

The legacy of former President Syngman Rhee is at the center of a new controversy after a recent KBS report showed that he attempted to go into exile in Japan at the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War ...

Syngman Rhee, 83, a former North Korean refugee and leader for more than five decades in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and in ecumenical circles, died January 14 in Atlanta shortly after being ...

South Korean President Syngman Rhee is seated at the Presidential House in Seoul on March 17, 1955. Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser ...

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon shared his thoughts on the documentary film 'Geon-guk Jeonjaeng' (The Founding War), which deals with the life and politics of former President Syngman Rhee, on Facebook. In a ...

Traditionally, animals were often seen in Korea as harbingers of doom or omens of hope and good fortune. Foxes were often associated with evil acts while magpies enjoyed a more favorable image. It is ...

In recent weeks Syngman Rhee has sat in his mansion at Seoul, listening impatiently to a steady stream of U.S. diplomats, Congressmen and other official visitors telling him he must not disturb the ...

More than 50 prominent South Koreans —scholars, businessmen, labor leaders and Assemblymen—gathered in Pusan’s International Club restaurant one night last week to talk over their dislike of ...