What are the endings of those South Korean presidents who did not die well?

Rhee Syngman (first term 1-3)

Rhee Syngman (March 6, 1875 - July 19, 1965), formerly known as Lee Cheng Long, was born in Pyeongsan County, Hwanghae Province, North Korea. (Term 1948-1960) served as president for three terms (1st, 2nd, 3rd term).

Rhee Chengman’s original name was Lee Chenglong. Born in Pyeongsan County, Hwanghae Province, South Korea in 1875. In 1948, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) was established. With the main leader of the moderate faction assassinated, his newly formed party won the election in South Korea. Elected as the first president. He was re-elected in 1952, 1956 and 1960. In 1960, he made a joke about running against a dead man.

Syngman Rhee implemented a dictatorship, did not allow the people to oppose his political program, purged the National Assembly, declared the Progressive Party that opposed him illegal, and executed the leader of the Progressive Party for treason. "Political prisoners" were arbitrarily executed during the Korean War. In 1960, South Korean students held many casualties during the "April 19" pro-democracy demonstrations. As a result, the masses demanded that Syngman Rhee step down. The National Assembly voted unanimously in support of the request. On April 26, 1960, Syngman Rhee issued a statement to step down, thus ending his 12-year dictatorship and once again went into exile in Hawaii, the United States. Died of illness in Hawaii in July 1965.

Yin Yeoshan-(2nd 4th term)

Yin Yeoshan (August 26, 1897 - July 18, 1990), named Haewei, was born in Chungcheongnam-do Ya Shan, the 4th President of the Republic of Korea. He was the first mayor of Seoul after South Korea's independence and entered politics. He has served successively as Minister of Industry and Commerce, President of the Korean Red Cross Society, and Supreme Member of the Democratic Party of Korea. After Syngman Rhee failed in the April 19 Revolution in 1960 and went into exile overseas, he was elected as a presidential candidate by the old faction of the Democratic Party and was elected as the president on August 13.

In 1961, Park Chung-hee launched the May 16th military coup, and Yin Yushan was forced to step down.

Yin Tongshan formed the "Germany Party" after leaving office, and participated in the fifth presidential election as the presidential candidate of the "Germany Party" in July 1963. After his failure, he was elected as a member of the sixth Congress in November of the same year. . In March 1966, Yin Tongshan founded the opposition party "New Democratic Party" and participated in the sixth presidential election held in the same year as the presidential candidate of the "New Democratic Party", but was defeated.

In 1971, Kim Dae-jung was elected as the presidential candidate of the "New Democratic Party". Yin Yushan announced his resignation from the party and formed a new party, the "Kuomintang". In 1972, the "Kuomintang" was forcibly disbanded as an illegal party. In 1979, Yin Tongshan was elected as the permanent president advisor of the "New Democratic Party". Yin Tongshan passed away on July 18, 1990, at the age of 94.

Park Chung-hee (third term from 5th to 9th term)

Park Chung-hee (September 30, 1917-October 26, 1979) was named Zhongshu. He also used the Japanese names Okamoto Minoru and Takagi Masao. He was the 5th to 9th president of South Korea, taking office from 1961 to 1979, a period of 18 years. Park Chung-hee was born in Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea (near Daegu Metropolitan City), and graduated from the Manchurian Military Academy in 1944. Park Chung-hee launched the May 16 military coup in 1961, overthrowing the democratically elected government. Under pressure from John F. Kennedy's administration, democratically elected government was restored and he won the 1963 election. Park Chung-hee is considered to have played an active role in South Korea's economic development. But his authoritarian tendencies were unpopular. In 1964, he presided over the normalization of relations between South Korea and Japan, a move that was widely opposed and caused widespread unrest. Park Chung-hee was assassinated by Kim Jae-kyu, the head of the South Korean Central Intelligence Agency, on October 26, 1979.

Choi Kyu-ha (fourth term, 10th term)

Choi Kyu-ha (July 16, 1919 - October 22, 2006), nicknamed Hyunseok, was a native of Wonju, Gangwon-do, South Korea. The 12th Prime Minister and the 10th President of the Republic of Korea. Choi Gyuha studied in Japan and has a Japanese surname, Umehara. In his early years, he worked as a teacher after graduating from Tokyo Higher Normal School. He then went to Manchukuo. After the independence of the Republic of Korea, he served as the director of the Food Affairs Section of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the director-general of commerce and trade of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the undersecretary for foreign affairs, and the foreign minister. In 1971, he took up the post of Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs and succeeded Kim Jong-pil as Prime Minister in 1975. On October 26, 1979, Park Chung-hee was assassinated. He assumed the authority of the President as Prime Minister and officially took over after winning the general election on December 6.

He implemented constitutional democratization reforms early after his formal election, but plans were halted after Chun Dou-hwan's coup. In August 1980, Chun Doo-hwan launched a military coup and took over the presidential power in accordance with the Martial Law Law. He appointed Park Chung-hoon to act as acting president and prepared for a new presidential election. Choi Kyu-ha sadly stepped down. Choi Kyu-ha passed away due to illness on October 22, 2006 at the age of 88.

Chun Doo-hwan (fifth term, 11th-12th term)

Chun Doo-hwan (January 18, 1931 -), South Korea’s military dictator, 11th and 12th term president. Born in Shaancheon, Gyeongsangnam-do. Graduated from the Korean Army Military Academy. He is a classmate with Lu Tae-woo. During the military coup in 1961, he actively supported Major General Park Chung-hee. Later, a coup overthrew the Choi Kyu-ha government and suppressed the Gwangju democratization movement by force. In 1988, under repeated pressure from the public, he announced that he would no longer run for president, and allowed his right-hand man, General Roh Tae-woo, to run for president. After President Roh Tae-woo's term expired, Kim Young-sam was elected. He immediately thoroughly investigated the collusion between government and businessmen that started during Quan Douhuan's time. On November 16, 1995, two former presidents, Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, were arrested one after another for raising and embezzling secret political funds. On August 26, 1996, the Seoul District Court sentenced Quan Dou-hwan to death for actively participating in military rebellion and civil strife, attempted murder of his superiors, and accepting bribes. The sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. In December 1997, he was pardoned by the president-elect.

Roh Tae-woo (sixth term, 13th term)

Roh Tae-woo (December 4, 1932-), born in Daegu, South Korea, native of Shandong Province, China, is a Korean general and politician Home, served as President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. Roh Tae-woo graduated from the Army Sergeant School in 1955. In 1959, he studied psychological warfare courses at the American Special Warfare School. In August 1980, he was appointed Army Security Commander. Received the rank of general in 1981. After 1981, he successively served as Chief Secretary of State, Minister of Sports, and Minister of Interior. In August 1987, he served as the president of the Democratic Justice Party. In December, he was elected as the president of South Korea. He was the sixth president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. Roh Tae-woo is the chosen successor of South Korean military strongman Chun Doo-hwan. Because Chun Doo-hwan violated his promise of democratic universal suffrage, Roh Tae-woo's appointment triggered large-scale pro-democracy demonstrations in Seoul and other major cities in 1987. It was the largest demonstration in South Korea after the Gwangju Incident in 1980. In order to quell the dissatisfaction of the people, Roh Tae-woo promised the people that he would hold democratic elections and asked government departments to make active preparations. After leaving office, he was also imprisoned for corruption.

Kim Young-sam (seventh term, 14th term)

Kim Young-sam (December 20, 1927-), a native of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, was the 14th President of South Korea. Born on December 20, 1927 in Geoje Island, Gyeongsangnam-do. Graduated from the Department of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, Seoul National University in 1952. In 1974, he received an honorary doctorate in the United States. In 1951, he was appointed Secretary to the Prime Minister. He was elected to the National Assembly twice in 1954 and 1960. In 1961, he was appointed Youth Minister of the New Democratic Party. In 1963, he was appointed as the Propaganda Minister of the Gerakan Party. In 1985, he served as the general secretary and spokesperson of the People's Party. In 1967, he was appointed as the general secretary of the New Democratic Party. In 1971, he was appointed director of the Institute of Korean Studies. In 1973, he served as vice president of the New Democratic Party and deputy speaker of the Political Affairs Council. In 1974, he was appointed president of the New Democratic Party. In 1976, he served as a consultant to the New Democratic Party. In 1979, he was re-elected as president of the New Democratic Party. In 1987, he served as president of the Democratic Party and was nominated as a presidential candidate, but was defeated. He served as a member of the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 13th Congress. After the merger of the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party, the Communist Party and the three parties in 1990, he served as the supreme committee member of the Democratic Liberal Party. In December 1992, he was elected as the 14th President of South Korea. After taking office, more stringent anti-corruption measures were adopted. Retired in February 1998. Jin Yongsan's son was also imprisoned for corruption and had a bad record.

Kim Dae-jung (eighth, 15th term)

Kim Dae-jung (December 3, 1925 - August 18, 2009) worked in a Japanese company after graduating from high school in 1943. Work as a clerk. He took over the company in 1945 and became a wealthy businessman. He was captured and sentenced to death during the Korean War, but later escaped. Entered politics in 1954 and opposed Syngman Rhee's policies. Became a member of Congress in 1961. The National Assembly was dissolved by Park Chung-hee during the 1961 coup, and he became a critic of Park's policies. Failed to run for president in 1971. In 1973, he was kidnapped by the South Korean Central Intelligence Agency from the hotel where he was staying in Tokyo and was forcibly transported to South Korea for imprisonment. Later he was placed under house arrest.

He was arrested again in 1976 and sentenced to eight years in prison for demanding the restoration of democracy. He was released after serving 33 months in prison. He was later arrested on charges of sedition and conspiracy, tried by a military court and sentenced to death. In January 1980, the sentence was changed to life imprisonment. In December 1982, he was allowed to go to the United States for medical treatment. During his stay in the United States, Kim Dae-jung continued to carry out organizing and propaganda work against the Chun Doo-hwan Group and for democratization. In May 1997, the New Politics National Assembly elected Kim Dae-jung as the 15th presidential candidate of South Korea and was elected. However, his government has been entangled in the vortex of corruption. Although he himself was not involved, the corruption of his family made him extremely embarrassed.

Roh Moo-hyun (ninth term, 16th term)

Roh Moo-hyun (September 1, 1946 - May 23, 2009), the 16th president of South Korea. Roh Moo-hyun is a native of Jinyeong-eup, Gimhae City, Gyeongsangnam-do. His wife is Kwon Yang-sook (January 14, 1947-), and they have one son and one daughter. He represented the New Millennium Democratic Party in the election on December 19, 2002, defeating Lee Hoi-chang of the Korean National Party, and became president on February 25, 2003. On March 12, 2004, the National Assembly passed an impeachment motion, and Roh Moo-hyun was suspended from office, with Prime Minister Goh Gun serving as acting president. Afterwards, the parliamentary elections were held, and the opposition parties were defeated. On May 14, the Constitutional Court overturned the impeachment motion of the National Assembly, and Roh Moo-hyun was immediately reinstated. On February 28, 2007, Roh Moo-hyun quit the ruling Uri Party and ruled as a non-party member until the end of his term. Roh Moo-hyun, who has always been known as an honest man, has been hit hard recently because his wife, children and niece-in-law have also been involved in bribery scandals. On May 23, 2009, Lu fell off a cliff and died in the mountainous area of ??his hometown.

Lee Myung-bak (17th term, 10th term)

Lee Myung-bak (December 19, 1941 -), originally from the Gyeongju Lee family, with the name Ilsong, was born in Osaka, Japan Nakahanoi County. Former mayor of Seoul Special City, South Korea,

Lee Myung-bak, born on December 19, 1941, former mayor of Seoul Special City, South Korea, was born in Osaka, Japan, and changed his Japanese name during the Japanese colonial period. Tsukiyama Akihiro", whose family was poor when he was young, sold sushi rolls outside the US military camp. In 1961, he entered Korea University to study. During his college career, he was arrested and imprisoned for participating in protests.

After graduating from college, Lee Myung-bak worked for the Hyundai Group, a large Korean company. At the age of 36, he became the CEO of Hyundai Group. He served as a member of Congress for three terms from 1992 to 1998.

On July 1, 2002, he became the 32nd mayor of Seoul Special City, serving a term from July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2006. An important achievement during the mayor's term was the Cheonggyecheon Stream renovation and restoration project, and the change of the capital of South Korea from "Seoul" to "Seoul" was also implemented during his term.

The 17th President of the Republic of Korea from 2008 to February 2013. South Korea changed its constitution in 1987 to implement direct presidential election. The president is directly elected by the people for a five-year term and cannot be re-elected.

Park Geun-hye (Eleventh 18th term)

Park Geun-hye (February 2, 1952 -), the eldest daughter of former South Korean President Park Chung-hee, a South Korean politician, and the current President of South Korea, The 18th President of South Korea. Park Geun-hye was born in Daegu City in 1952. Her father is Park Chung-hee, the fifth to ninth presidents of South Korea, and her mother is Yook Young-soo. She has a sister Park Geun-ryeong and a younger brother Park Ji-man. He once served as a representative of the Saenuri Party and a member of the National Assembly. Park Geun-hye is the first female president in South Korean history and the first democratically elected female president in East Asia. She is also the only example in South Korea of ??a father and daughter serving as president.

Beginning on October 24, 2016, South Korea’s JTBC TV station broke the news for two consecutive days that Choi Soon-sil, a close confidant of Park Geun-hye who has no government position, was suspected of interfering in politics. 200 documents were found in the computer of Park Geun-hye’s confidant Choi Soon-sil for property disposal. , 44 of which were Park Geun-hye's speeches. The file was opened before the president's speech, and it is suspected that Choi Soon-sil, who has no official position, reviewed and revised the president's speech.