Located in Ihwa-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Ihwajang is the private residence of Syngman Rhee, the first President of the Republic of Korea. Yet this place is more than a mere private home. In the turbulent years following liberation, when the framework of the new state had yet to be firmly established, Ihwajang served as a political arena where the fundamental course of the Republic of Korea as a liberal democratic republic was shaped and defined. In that sense, Ihwajang deserve