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The Fourth Republic of Korea (Korean: 제4공화국; RR: Je sa Gonghwaguk; lit. "Fourth Republic") was the government of South Korea from November 1972 to February 1981.
5 days ago · A new constitution, which would permit the reelection of the president for an unlimited number of six-year terms, was promulgated in December, launching the Fourth Republic. The institutional framework of the Yushin (“Revitalization Reform”) order departed radically from the Third Republic.
The October Yusin (Korean: 10월 유신; Hanja: 十月維新; RR: Siwol Yusin) or October Restoration was an October 1972 South Korean self-coup in which President Park Chung Hee assumed dictatorial powers.
1 day ago · South Korea is a country in East Asia that occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. It faces North Korea across a demilitarized zone 2.5 miles (4 km) wide that was established by the terms of the 1953 armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War. The capital is Seoul.
Syngman Rhee, the 1st President of South Korea. On 15 August 1948, the Republic of Korea was formally established, with Syngman Rhee as the first president. With the establishment of Rhee's government, de jure sovereignty also passed into the new government.
The Birth of the Fourth Republic C. I. Eugene Kim T HE YEAR I972 is a critical divide in the 25-year old republican history of Korea, perhaps comparable in its significance to Korea's liberation in I945 from Japanese colonial rule, the establishment of two independent Koreas in i948 and the outbreak of the Korean War in i950, the student
In South Korea: The Yushin order (Fourth Republic) In December 1971, shortly after his inauguration to a third presidential term, Park declared a state of national emergency, and 10 months later (October 1972) he suspended the constitution and dissolved the legislature.
