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1948 SOUTH KOREA: First free general election takes place in South Korea
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0:27Now PlayingDate: 27th May 1948
Location: Korea
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
REPUBLIC OF KOREA:
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ELECTIONS. First free elections in Korea take place in Souther zone. People looking at posters and rioters thrown out
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United Nations, First Republic of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, postwar, 38th parallel, Korean War, riots,
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