Kim Dae-jung
Kim Dae-jung
The Nobel Peace Prize 2000
Name: Kim Dae-jung
Birth: 3 December 1925, Mokpo, Korea (now South Korea)
Death: 18 August 2009
Role: President of South Korea
Prize Motivation: “for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular.”
Portion of Cash: 1/1
“King is son of heaven. Heaven sent him to serve people with just rule. If he unjust, oppresses people, people have right to dispose of him.”
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Kim Dae-jung donated his Nobel Prize money of U.S. $258,000 to the Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library and Museum, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea. It is the first presidential library in Asia.
‘Two annual international conferences are hosted by the Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library. One conference is held in June to commemorate the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration, and the other in December to celebrate Kim Dae-jung’s Nobel Peace Prize. Various scholars and public figures of numerous fields have joined us for these events to exchange opinions and cooperate academically.’ – Kim Dae-jung Presidential Library.