Original sentence: As a result, the ROK government and US military were confronted with numerous popular uprisings through out the country.By 1949, South Korean and US military actions had reduced the active number of indigenous communist guerrillas in the South from 5,000 to 1,000.From 1946 through 1949, the ROK government was viewed by many South Koreans a violent and authoritarian government that was staffed by Japanese collaborators.However, Kim Il-sung believed that the widespread uprisings had weakened the South Korean military and that a North Korean invasion would be welcomed by much of the South Korean population.The Jeju Uprising April 1948 to May 1949) is perhaps the most notable for its extreme violence with between 14,000 and 30,000 people (10% of Jeju's population) killed and another 40,000 fled to Japan.The ROK spent as much as 60 percent of entire government budget on internal security.Ultimately, over 100,000 people in South Korea died as a result of the violence between organized resisters in South Korea (both communist and non-communist) and the ROK/US military actions
Edited sentence: By 1949, South Korean forces had reduced the active number of communist guerrillas in the South from 5,000 to 1,000.However, Kim Il-sung believed that the guerrillas weakened the South Korean military and that a North Korean invasion would be welcomed by much of the South Korean population