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As President of South Korea Kim Young-sam formally ended decades of military rule and accepted a massive international bail-out during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis. A central figure in ...
Kim Young-sam was born in Pusan and, after graduating from university in 1951, spent most of his career as an opposition politician. He was first elected to the ROK National Assembly in 1954. When General Chun Doo-hwan seized power in 1979, Kim was one of those placed under a political ban. He resumed active politics in 1984.
The election of Kim Young Sam (YS), a career politician and former opposition leader, offers a welcome break from the succession of past governments headed by former military generals. Kim's vision of a "New Korea," built upon his promise of sweeping social, economic, and political reforms, further fuels the hopes of many Koreans.
Nov 22, 2015 · “The late Kim Young-sam dedicated his whole life to democratize and develop our country as the 14th president,” Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn said at the meeting. “The government will do its best to commemorate him with the state funeral.” A state funeral for Kim will be at 2 p.m. on Thursday, after a five-day mourning period.
Nov 22, 2015 · Former President Kim Young-sam, who formally ended decades of military rule in South Korea and accepted a massive international bailout during the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis, has died. He was 87.
Nov 21, 2015 · Kim Young-sam, former president of South Korea who took power in 1993 as the country’s first president in decades without a military background, died in Seoul early Sunday at age 87.
Jan 1, 2008 · 1. INTRODUCTION. YS is the nickname of Kim Young-Sam, the former president of the Republic of Korea. He claimed to be the first genuine civilian president in Korean political history. He preferred to call his regime as the ‘moonmin’ (meaning civilian in English) government during his presidency.
