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Kim Young-sam (Korean: 김영삼; Hanja: 金泳三; Korean pronunciation: [ki.mjʌŋ.sam] or ; 20 December 1927 – 22 November 2015), often referred to by his initials YS, was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 7th (14th election) president of South Korea from 1993 to 1998.
Mar 19, 2024 · Kim Young-Sam was a South Korean politician, moderate opposition leader, and president from 1993 to 1998. Kim graduated from Seoul National University in 1952 and was first elected to the National Assembly in 1954. A centrist liberal, he was successively reelected until 1979, when he was expelled.
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Nov 21, 2015 · Updated 11:27 AM PDT, November 21, 2015. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — 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 87.
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Nov 21, 2015 · Nov. 21, 2015. SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Young-sam, the former president of South Korea who replaced the last of the country’s military leaders, purged politicized generals and introduced a...
Nov 21, 2015 · CNN — Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam, the first civilian leader of the country’s modern democratic era, has died. Kim passed away at age 88 Sunday after being hospitalized since...
Nov 21, 2015 · Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam, an iconic figure of South Korea's pro-democracy movement, has died aged 87. Mr Kim was taken to hospital with a fever and died of a blood...
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Nov 26, 2015 · Obituary. Kim Young-sam obituary. Democracy activist who as president led South Korea to the brink of bankruptcy. Aidan Foster-Carter. Thu 26 Nov 2015 09.01 EST. Two doughty rival Kims – the...