Coup against Syngman Rhee (Revolutionary Front)

From the 1st of January to the 3rd of February 1951, a coup was staged by elements of the South Korean armed forces in response to the Treaty of Kaesong; that resulted in the ROK losing control of both Kaesong province to the North and the island of Jeju after the failed Korean War. Due to the Syngman Rhee government being directly involved in the signing, the ROKA created the so-called "Corps for a Unified Korea", a military force dedicated to redressing the 'unjust' terms of the treaty. The immediate aftereffects of the coup were: the toppling of Syngman Rhee, the brief, three-month long reign of the Korean Independence Party; led by Yun Bo-seon, the rise of the Supreme Council of National Reconstruction, and the show trial and summary execution of Syngman Rhee by the ROKA.