Rhee

Rhee was the mayor of Gaoling in 174 AG. He took part in officiating the first free and fair democratic elections in the state.

History
Shortly after the democratic elections were announced to take place in Gaoling, Rhee showed Earth King Wu, Avatar Korra, and Earth Kingdom soldiers into a room with voting booths installed in Gaoling City Hall, informing them that voting would take place there. He informed the king and the Avatar that the only two candidates running were Ling and Bak, two of Gaoling's finest government officials, either of whom he thought would make a fine governor. With Korra unconfident in the two candidates, the mayor waved goodbye to her party as she departed city hall.

After Guan brought his Earth Empire forces to city hall, he announced to Rhee that he intended to run for governor in the elections, and handed his paperwork to the mayor. Despite Wu's protests, Rhee told the king that there was nothing technically stopping the Earth Empire commander, as his paperwork was in order. However, Rhee seemed dismayed as Guan left, informing the public of his plan to run Earth Empire candidates in every state.

Sometime later, Wu and Korra returned to city hall with Toph Beifong to register her as a new gubernatorial candidate. As he read the contents of a scroll aloud to her about the electoral procedures, Toph flippantly asked him to show her where she could sign. After Rhee placed the scroll on the table and showed her where to sign, Toph asked the mayor what her chances were. He informed her that she should win easily under normal circumstances, but told them that there had been a groundswell in support for Guan overnight. Unknown to Rhee, this was due to Dr. Sheng's brainwashing experiments on Gaoling's citizens.