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becoming a Korean president is like having your name put in the death note.

- Syngman Rhee: impeached and exiled to Hawaii. (11 years)
- (Acting) Ho Chong: survived, started a revolution (50 days)
- (Acting) Kwak Sang-hoon: survived (7 days)
- (Acting) Ho Chong (the same one:) survived (46 days)
- (Acting) Baek Nak-jun: 5 days (kicked out because Japan sympathiser)
- Yun Po-sun: Resigned after a military coup (1 year)
- Park Chung Hee: Assassinated by best friend (17 years, military coup general)
- Choi Kyu-hah: survived another military coup, resigned (1 year, only candidate)
- (Acting) Park Choong-hoon: survived (15 days)
- Chun Doo-hwan: sentenced to death for treason, but died before execution (7 years)
- Roh Tae-woo: sentenced to life in prison, was pardoned. (5 years)
- Kim Young-sam: survived (5 years, first civilian president since the coup roller coaster, second most hated Korean president of all time.)
- Kim Dae-jung: resigned due to pneumonia (5 years)
- Roh Moo-hyun: impeached and jailed for 20 days, resigned (1 year)
- (Acting) Goh Kun: survived but retired from politics forever (64 days)
- Roh Moo-hyun: he's back!!! impeached again, arrested and suspended (4 years)
- Lee Myung-bak: Impeached and sentenced to jail for 17 years, pardoned (5 years)
- Park Geun-hye: Impeached and sentenced to jail for 24 years, pardoned (4 years, most hated Korean president of all time)
- (Acting) Hwang Kyo-ahn: survived (150 days)
- Moon Jae-in: survived (5 years, he's a human rights lawyer now and wants reform, kinda based)
- Yoon Suk Yeol: Impeached and arrested (2 years)
- Han Duck-soo: Impeached (14 days)
- Choi Sang-mok: probably will survive (so far 5 days)

So of the 23 or so presidents, only 13 were elected. 7 have been impeached, one was assassinated, three resigned and two are put in power following military coups.

Aside from acting presidents, only 2 survived with their careers and lives intact.