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| Third and youngest son of Kim Jong-il, possible choice for successor of Kim Jong Il. |
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| President of South Korea from 1997 to 2002, and the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He came to be called the "Nelson Mandela of Asia" for his long-standing opposition to authoritarian rule. His election was the first time in Korean history that the ruling party peacefully transferred power to a democratically elected opposition victor. |
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| ROK Army general and the President of South Korea from 1980 to 1988. Was sentenced to death in 1996 for his heavy-handed response to the Gwangju Democratization Movement, but later pardoned by President Kim Young-sam. |
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| Last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Leader of Korean independence movement against the Japanese occupation of Korea that lasted from 1910 to 1945, and reunification activist who had struggled for the independent reunification of Korea. |
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| Vice President of the First Republic and the Prime Minister of the Second Republic. |
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| 16th president of South Korea, noted as the 386 generation coming into power. Ended up coming under investigation for bribery and committed suicide by jumping off of a cliff. |
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| First President of South Korea. Was regarded as an anti-Communist and a strongman, and he led South Korea through the Korean War. Controversial leader - especially when considering his actions in regards to the uprisings. |
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| First victim in the May rebellions |
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| Gwangju Democratization Movement, refers to a popular uprising in the city of Gwangju, South Korea from May 18 to May 27, 1980. During this period, citizens rose up against Chun Doo-hwan's military dictatorship and took control of the city. Laying Claim to the Memories of May. |
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| He was the 13th president of South Korea (1988–1993)notable for hosting the Seoul Olympics in 1988 and for his foreign policy of nordpolitik, which represented a major break from previous administrations. |
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| He was the first civilian President of South Korea since a series of dictatorships dating back to Syngman Rhee. The Kim Young-sam administration attempted to reform the government and economy. One of the first acts of his government was to start an anti-corruption campaign, requiring government and military officials to publish their financial records. |
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| Ran the Kyongbang Textile Company. Korea's first multinational firm. Conservative member of the Korean Democratic party. Eckert's book. |
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| Korean educator, independence activist, journalist, entrepreneur, politician and calligrapher. He founded Korea University and Dong-A Ilbo. |
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| Republic of Korea Army general and the leader of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) from 1961 to 1979. He seized power in a military coup and ruled until his assassination in 1979. |
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| Marks the beginning of Korean War - or in Cummings opinion the beginning of confrontation between 2 states on peninsula |
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| Japanese General in Korea during Japan's occupation. Assassinated by An Chung-Gun. |
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| Key organizer of the Korean People's Republic in Seoul. |
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| Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Son of Kim Il Sung. |
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| Korean Nationalist who assassinated Ito Hirobumi. |
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| Korean independence activist, politician, philosopher and Communist activist. One of the main leaders of the Korean communist movement during Japan's colonial rule. |
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| Methodist teacher and minister. Associated with the Independence Club. Was imprisoned for 5 years. |
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| South Korean worker and workers' rights activist who committed suicide by burning himself to death at the age of 22 in protest of the poor working conditions in South Korean factories. |
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| Military governor of South Korea during the USAMGIK. |
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| Organizer of the Independence Club, also published the newspaper Tongnip sinmun. |
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| President of North Korea, born on a mountain, Communist. Took opportunity to gain leadership in North Korea when it was presented to him. |
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| Pro-Japanese minister of Korea, signed the Japan-Korean annexation treaty. |
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| Current president of South Korea. Known as the "bulldozer". Friendly with US president Obama. |
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| South Korean writer. Famous for novels in a nationalist vernacular. |
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| Students demonstrate against the government in the wake of Rhee winning a questionable election. |
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| The earliest public displays of Korean resistance during the occupation of the Korean Empire by Japan. This came as a result of the repressive nature of colonial occupation under its military rule of the Korean Empire following 1905, and the "Fourteen Points" outlining the right of national "self-determination" . |
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| In 1963, he founded the Republican Democratic Party, he also formed the KCIA. |
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| Third and last Japanese Resident General of Korean. Executed Japanese-Korean annexation, becoming first Govenor-General of Korea. |
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