SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library and Museum in Seoul on Monday disclosed letters sent between late former President Kim and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden during Kim’s struggle to achieve South Korea’s democracy in the early 1980s. The two letters were disclosed for the first time by the presidential museum [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Sunday commemorated the death of former liberal President Kim Dae-jung 10 years ago, as the nation remembers his dedication to democracy and efforts to improve ties with North Korea and Japan. Political leaders, government officials and other citizens, including National Assembly Speaker Moon Hee-sang and Prime [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — An official ceremony to commemorate the death of former President Kim Dae-jung 10 years ago will be held in Seoul on Sunday, organizers said. The Kim Dae Jung Peace Center said on Friday about 2,000 people are expected to participate in the event starting at 10 a.m. at the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans bid their last farewell to late former first lady Lee Hee-ho on Friday, in honor of her contribution to inter-Korean reconciliation efforts and the enhancement of women’s rights. Lee died at the age of 96 late Monday while suffering from liver cancer. She was the widow of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The late former first lady Lee Hee-ho was a lifelong political companion of her late husband Kim Dae-jung, the architect of the “sunshine policy” of engaging North Korea, and a pioneer for women’s rights. Lee died at the age of 96 on Monday after battling liver cancer, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Hee-ho, the widow of former President Kim Dae-jung, died Monday at the age of 96, aides said. Lee had been hospitalized at a Seoul hospital while battling liver cancer. “First lady Lee passed today at 11:37 p.m.,” an official at the Kim Dae Jung Peace Center said. Lee [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The death of former President Kim Young-sam on Sunday, following the death of his successor President Kim Dae-jung in 2009, marks the end of the “two Kims era.” The two Kims — both iconic figures of the country’s pro-democracy movement by fighting against military rulers — dominated the nation’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, died Sunday. He was 88. Kim, who had been hospitalized with fever and breathing problems since Thursday, died at 12:21 a.m., according to [...]
SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A law professor at Hongik University in Seoul caused a stir by including texts ridiculing former Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun on his final exam. According to the university’s student council, the professor surnamed Ryu included the English texts mocking the former presidents on the test for his American Contact Law [...]
“Kim Jong-un, the Chairman of North Korea’s National Defense Commission, appears to have a complex due to his young age as the leader of North Korea. His father Kim Jong-il began ruling North Korea in his early 30s, while Kim began at the age of 29. He is young for a leader, and appears ill [...]