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Kim Young-sam was a South Korean politician and democratic activist, who served as President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998. From 1961, he spent almost 30 years as one of the leaders of the South Korean opposition, and one of the most powerful rivals to the authoritarian regimes of Park Chung-hee and Chun Doo-hwan.

Elected president in 1992, Kim became the first civilian to hold the office in over 30 years. He was inaugurated on 25 February 1993, and served a single five-year term, presiding over a massive anti-corruption campaign, the arrest of his two predecessors, and an internationalization policy called Segyehwa. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. December 1927 – 22. November 2015
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Famous Kim Young-sam Quotes

“Looking back… I think the North Koreans think they can say whatever they want because no matter what they do, the Americans will never attack them.”

Kim Young-sam

Interview http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/world/asia/kim-young-sam-former-president-of-south-korea-dies-at-87.html?_r=0 (2009) <br class="br">2000s, 2009

“No ally is better than one’s own race.”

Kim Young-sam

As quoted in &quot;What the West gets wrong about North Korea’s motives, and why some South Koreans admire the North&quot; http://theconversation.com/what-the-west-gets-wrong-about-north-koreas-motives-and-why-some-south-koreans-admire-the-north-83639 (8 September 2017), The Conversation

“Dawn will come even if the rooster is strangled.”

Kim Young-sam

As quoted in &quot;Kim Young-sam: Former President of South Korea Dies at 87&quot; http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/world/asia/kim-young-sam-former-president-of-south-korea-dies-at-87.html?_r=0 (November 2015), by Sang-Hun Choe, The New York Times (22 November 2015), New York

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