Rhee

[ree]

noun

1. Syngman 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.

Rhee

/ riː /

noun

1. Syngman (ˈsɪŋmən). 1875–1965, Korean statesman, leader of the campaign for independence from Japan; first president of South Korea (1948–60). Popular unrest forced his resignation

Example Sentences

Capt Danny Franken, 53, first officer Floris Rhee, 24, Dr Mathias Eyl, 46, and Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, 31, died at the scene, the BBC can now report.

From BBC

Capt Franken and Mr Rhee were described as "highly-respected and cherished colleagues" by Zeusch Aviation, which is based at Lelystad Airport.

From BBC

Students had launched protests calling for the resignation of the dictatorial president Syngman Rhee.

From BBC

Leo Rhee, a 54-year-old pastor from Chicago who is working on a doctoral dissertation about the reverse Korean American diaspora at Torch Trinity Graduate University in Seoul, recalled a Korean American friend who had gotten into legal trouble in the U.S. for dealing drugs before coming to Korea, where he was accepted by one of the SKY schools — South Korea’s equivalent of the Ivy League — and graduated with a business degree.

From Los Angeles Times

Rhee noted that such privileges have fed into less favorable views of Korean Americans as spoiled opportunists — fair-weather Koreans who had left the country when things were tough only to return now that the going is good.

From Los Angeles Times