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  • 1959: Cho Pong-am, Presidential runner-up

    07/31/2023 9:05:17 PM PDT · by CheshireTheCat · 1 replies
    ExecutedToday.com ^ | July 31st, 2009 | Headsman
    A half-century ago today, South Korean strongman Syngman Rhee, winner of that country’s 1956 presidential election, had the runner-up hanged for treason. Cho Pong-am (or Cho Bong-am), who cut his teeth as a young Communist in the 1920’s and 30’s but had become an independent socialist since, won over 2.1 million votes as the Progressive Party candidate in 1956, on a platform of peaceful reunification with North Korea — the outstanding political issue in South Korea at the time. The position had some popularity as against Rhee’s “march North” policy of conquering North Korea by force. Peaceful unification and support...