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Yoshiro Mori and Kim Dae-jung in 2000 President George W. Bush and South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung at the Blue House, in Seoul, South Korea in 2002. His swearing-in as the eighth president of South Korea on 25 February 1998, marked the first time in Korean history that the ruling party peacefully transferred power to a democratically ...
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Kim Dae-jung (Korean: 김대중; Hanja: 金大中; Korean pronunciation: [kim.dɛ.dʑuŋ]; 6 January 1924 – 18 August 2009) was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 8th (15th election) president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.
In 2000, the representatives of the two governments met for the first time since the division of the Korean peninsula. Kim Dae-jung, the President of South Korea, who arrived at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport, met Kim Jong Il, Supreme Leader of North Korea, directly under the trap of the airport, and the rallies and divisions of the People's Army Corps were held.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Kim Young-sam: ... 4 years, 364 days: Served 14th term 8th. Kim Dae-jung: 25 February 1998: 24 February ...
Timeline of Korean history 2002 in North Korea: Events from the year 2002 in South Korea. Incumbents. President: Kim Dae-jung [1] Prime Minister:
Kim is one of the very few North Korean officials to have visited the South, leading a funeral delegation in 2009 after the death of President Kim Dae-jung who opened an era of reconciliation with ...
In diplomacy, Kim Dae-jung pursued the "Sunshine Policy", a series of efforts to reconcile with North Korea. [108] This culminated in reunions of the separated families of the Korean War and a summit talk with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. [109] For these efforts, Kim Dae-jung was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000. [110]