Kim Dae-jung
(1925-)

15th President of South Korea
"The Nelson Mandela of Asia"
1981 Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights
2000 Rafto Prize for Human Rights
2000 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
2001 Defender of Democracy Award

birthdate: December 3
birthplace: Hugwangri, South Cholla, South Korea

QUOTES

"Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice."

Political reform must precede everything else."

"The people must be treated as masters and must act like masters."

 

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