Background Of Communist Invasion Of Republic Of Korea -- To help Koreans prepare for self-government, the United States included educational activities in its aid program. Many Koreans, eager to learn the English language, enrolled in classes conducted by U.S. women, Mrs. Frod D. Stribling (left at the blackboard), wife of an American, is shown instructing a class of Korean women. October 22, 1954. (Photo by United States Information Service).