South Korea Seoul Syngman Rhee Museum

Not far from the old town's wall, you can find the house of the first president of Korea, Mr. Syngman Rhee (1875 - 1965) He was apointed as the first president of the republic on July 24th 1948. Here he lived and did a lot of his work in the periode. Today it's a museum where you can find historic pictures from his periode and more of his life. He lived here with his austrian wife. It was a very interesting trip and you could learn a little more of the modern history of Korea.

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President

The house have very nice surroundings

Main house, with lots of pictures from the time		Office with items the president used

Medals etc that he received for his work

Private part of the house where he and his wife lived

Other official houses that was used for various purposes

And here are something of what i discovered close to the museum

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