Yeosu–Suncheon rebellion

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The Yeosu-Suncheon rebellion, also known as the Yeo-Sun incident (Yeo-Sun an abbreviation of Yeosu and Suncheon), was a rebellion that began in October 1948 and mostly ended by November of the same year. However, pockets of resistance lasted until 1957. The rebellion took place in the cities of Yeosu and Suncheon, and various surrounding towns in the South Jeolla province of South Korea. With rising anti-government sentiment towards the South Korean government of Syngman Rhee regime, 2,000 soldiers based in the Yeo-Sun area rebelled in opposition to the government's violent suppression of the Jeju Uprising, and the subsequent order for them to be transferred to Jeju Island. Park Chung-hee, who would later become a President of South Korea in 1963 during the military dictatorship era, participated in the rebellion, although he was allegedly given leniency by the authorities in exchange for aiding in the hunt for others who had been involved in the rebellion. The uprising is often called...

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