1950 in South Korea 25 June 1950 in the whole of Korea. The Korean War happened because the North Korean forces surprised the South Korean army and the small U.S. force stationed in the country, and quickly headed toward the capital of South Korea. The trigger for the war was when, in 1950, Syngman Rhee, who was the South Korean president those days, boasted that he was going to attack North Korea. It was a good enough excuse, so the North Koreans invaded South Korea. This started the actual fighting. On 26 June 1950, U.S. President Harry S. Truman directs General Douglas MacArthur to
Prostitutes in South Korea for the U.S. military Korea (ROK) and are punishable under the USA's Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). According to United States Forces Korea's policy, "Hiring prostitutes is incompatible with our military core values." In the Allied-occupied Korea, between 1950 and 2007, the total number of women amounted to over one million in all South Korea. Some women chose to become prostitutes. Prostitutes for U.S. soldiers were esteemed to be at the bottom of the social hierarchy by South Koreans, they were also lowest status within the hierarchy of prostitution. In September 1945, United States Armed Forces occupied Korea, including Imperial Japanese comfort stations.