| | Encyclopedia: Military history of South Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04) |
 | | See History of Korea for a history of the Korean peninsula before the establishment of the Republic of Korea. |
 | | On August 15, 1948 the Republic of Korea was established, with Syngman Rhee as the first president; on September 9, 1948, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was established under Kim Il Sung. |
 | | After the armistice, South Korea experienced political turmoil under years of autocratic leadership of Syngman Rhee, which was ended by student revolt in 1960. |
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