Crisis Ebbs: Korea Restores Order; Vice-Pres. Lee Buried
Crisis Ebbs: Korea Restores Order; Vice-Pres. Lee Buried
Korea Restores Order; Vice-President Lee Buried. In Seoul the funeral of Vice President elect, Lee Kee Pung, his wife and two sons, who died in a suicide pact following his ouster and the resignation of President Syngman Rhee. The student rebellion that brought down Lee's downfall and his faith saving death is over. Order is restored and Korea is no longer rocked by the street clashes of student, liberals and the police where 1000 were shot or injured in the last two weeks. Throngs gather to watch the bodies of Vice President elect and his family in caskets being loaded into trucks draped in black material. MOHS - The crowd. MS - The four caskets are laid out side. there's a ton of flowers in the back of the caskets The caskets are closed with a picture of the person who now lays in the casket. MS - People openly mourning both men and women. MOHS- President Rhee escorted by his wife and another woman openly mourning apparently shaken by the murder suicide of the Vice President elect, and family.