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Ex-S. Korean President Kim Dae-jung dead at 85

August 20, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Dae-jung — who survived assassination attempts and a death sentence during his years as a dissident to become president of South Korea, and whose unflagging efforts to reconcile with communist North Korea earned him the Nobel Peace Prize — died Tuesday, Aug. 18, hospital officials said. He was 85.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, Demilitarized Zone, Kim Jong-il, Korean War, Lee Sung-man, National Assembly, Nobel Peace Prize, North Korea, President Lee Myung-bak, President Park Chung-hee, President Roh Moo-hyun, SEOUL, Severance Hospital, South Korea Kim Dae-jung, South Korean, Sunshine Policy, Tokyo, vol 28 no 35 | August 22 - August 28

South Koreans mourn ex-president who committed suicide

May 28, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Young-Joon Ahn The Associated Press President Roh Moo-hyun BONGHA, South Korea (AP) — Bowing deeply and laying white chrysanthemums before his portrait, tens of thousands of mourners journeyed this past Sunday, May 24, to the southern village where former President Roh Moo-hyun killed himself by jumping off a rocky cliff overlooking his home.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Along Seoul, Associated Press, Former Grand National Party, Geun-hye Park, Han Hyung-min, Hoi-chang Lee, Hye-kyung Moon, Hyung-jin Kim, National Assembly Speaker Hyong-o Kim, North Korea, President Chung-hee Park, President Roh Moo-hyun, Prime Minister Seung-soo Han, South Koreans, Vol 28 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

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