In 1960, in South Korea, Syngman Rhee was elected president for a fourth consecutive term.

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In 1950, General Douglas MacArthur handed over Seoul to President Syngman Rhee of South Korea.

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Syngman Rhee, who became South Korea's first head of state in 1948, was forced out and died in exile in Hawaii.

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Our troops displayed characteristic flexibility and mobility and wiped out some Syngman Rhee units, forcing the pursuing U.S. and puppet troops to retreat.

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Thus, from Singapore's Lee with his Cambridge double first honors, to Princeton PhD Syngman Rhee of Korea, Asian leaders had to translate their nationalist creed into the language of the paddy and the street.

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The common family name of Lee is often spelled Rhee, Ri or Yi (meaning opposition leader Lee Hoi Chang, South Korea's first president Syngman Rhee, North Korean basketball star Ri Myong Hun and 16th-century naval hero Yi Sun Shin all share the same family name).

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