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Kim Dae-jung dies at 85
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3245660...ws-asiapacific/
quote: 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, hospital officials said. He was 85.
Kim, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia since last month, died shortly after 1:40 p.m., said Lee Sung-man, a spokesman for Severance Hospital in Seoul. The hospital did not cite an exact cause of death.
South Korean leaders, from friends to former foes, had been paying their respects for days at the hospital to a man whose epic career spanned South Korea's political upheaval, from the decades of harsh authoritarian rule to its transformation into a full-fledged democracy.
As a pro-democracy opposition lawmaker, Kim built a reputation as a passionate champion of human rights and democracy who fought against South Korea's military dictatorships.
He survived several suspected assassination attempts, including a dramatic 1973 abduction at a Tokyo hotel, allegedly by South Korean agents.
‘Sunshine Policy’
And as president from 1998-2003, he was architect of the "Sunshine Policy" of reaching out to wartime rival North Korea as a way to encourage reconciliation.
His efforts led to an unprecedented thaw in relations with the North and culminated in a historic North-South summit — the first on the divided peninsula — and a jubilant meeting in Pyongyang with leader Kim Jong Il in 2000.
His successor, the late President Roh Moo-hyun, maintained the Sunshine Policy but Kim Dae-jung saw his work unravel with the election of conservative President Lee Myung-bak in 2007, who conditioned aid to the North on the regime's commitment to nuclear disarmament.
North Korea cut off nearly all reconciliation ties last year and suspended most of the joint projects that had sprung up in the wake of warming relations, though it announced its intention this week to restore some of them, including reunions of families divided for decades after the 1950-53 Korean War.
Over the past year, as international tensions rose over Pyongyang's continued nuclear defiance, Kim rallied up until the end for Seoul to find a way to engage the North.
He said in January that Koreans on both sides of the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone must be mindful of their "painful and tragic" history and work together to establish peace and security on the Korean peninsula.
"The South and North have never been free from mutual fear and animosity over the past half-century — not even for a single day," he told reporters. "When we cooperate, both Koreas will enjoy peace and economic prosperity."
Kim Jong-il is also mourning his passing according to China Daily
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/...ent_8585345.htm
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Aug 18th, 2009 10:22 PM
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Re: Kim Dae-jung dies at 85
quote: (post ) Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Kim Jong-il is also mourning his passing according to China Daily
Super Villains often due mourn the passing of their arch nemesis.
The Joker would certainly lament if Batman died.
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Aug 18th, 2009 10:50 PM
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Damn, I read that and for a second I read Kim Jong-Il... Then I reread it... Ah well, only a matter of time.
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Aug 18th, 2009 11:19 PM
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Re: Kim Dae-jung dies at 85
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interesting. Sad I had never heard of the guy until his death...
I guess with all the American media I am exposed to, and not speaking Korean, voices calling for peaceful resolution and engagement with NK seem to get drowned out. Hopefully his death will embolden those who supported his cause.
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Aug 19th, 2009 12:21 AM
§P0oONY
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by inimalist
interesting. Sad I had never heard of the guy until his death...
I guess with all the American media I am exposed to, and not speaking Korean, voices calling for peaceful resolution and engagement with NK seem to get drowned out. Hopefully his death will embolden those who supported his cause.
Into shooting the hell out of those NK bastards!
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Aug 19th, 2009 12:23 AM
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which? the poor oppressed, starving people or those forced at gun point to be part of the NK military?
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Aug 19th, 2009 12:37 AM
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Never head of him.
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Aug 19th, 2009 12:40 AM
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Kim was illin'. (Geeet it? lol....geeeeeeet it?)
Then he dieded.
lol
I'm so cool
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Aug 19th, 2009 12:46 AM
§P0oONY
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by inimalist
which? the poor oppressed, starving people or those forced at gun point to be part of the NK military?
I was joking...
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Aug 19th, 2009 12:46 AM
dadudemon
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by inimalist
which? the poor oppressed, starving people or those forced at gun point to be part of the NK military?
Were all of them forced to join the NK military?
Or were only a select few forced to join?
Yes, I am serious. I don't know.
I wonder about volunteers.
Probably some answers.
What do you think?
Know anything?
Something?
Huh?
Hm?
?
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Aug 19th, 2009 12:48 AM
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by §P0oONY
Damn, I read that and for a second I read Kim Jong-Il... Then I reread it... Ah well, only a matter of time.
Same here. I got happy for a quick second.
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Aug 19th, 2009 01:43 AM
tsilamini
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by §P0oONY
I was joking...
I was being melodramatic
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Aug 19th, 2009 06:38 AM
dadudemon
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quote: (post ) Originally posted by inimalist
I was being melodramatic
I was being interesting, while also being serious.
I'd like to know, fer realz.
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Aug 19th, 2009 06:39 AM
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