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Kim Young-sam

South Korea's first civilian president in over three decades.

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Kim Young-sam was born on 20 December 1927 in Geoje, Korea, Empire of Japan.[1] He served as South Korea's president from 1993 to 1998, ending decades of military rule.[2]

Life and work

In the 1987 presidential election, Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung split the opposition vote, enabling Roh Tae-woo to win.[3] He was elected president in 1992 as the candidate of the governing party.[4] Within a wealthy fishing household, Kim was the firstborn child, having one brother and five sisters.[1] In 1952, Seoul National University awarded Kim a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy.[1]

Kim voiced opposition to the 1972 Yushin Constitution, which gave President Park authoritarian powers.[5] The New Democratic Party chose Kim as its president in 1974.[6] During May 1983, Kim protested Chun Doo-hwan's authoritarian rule by fasting for 21 days.[7] The Democratic Liberal Party was created on 22 January 1990 when Kim combined his party with Roh's governing party.[8]

Since 1960, Kim was the initial civilian to win election to a complete presidential term.[9]

What the cited sources add

The same source states Kim died of sepsis and acute renal failure.[2] The Globe and Mail report says Kim launched a popular anti-corruption campaign and vowed not to receive political slush funds.[10] That report also notes Kim led South Korea in 1994 when the Clinton administration considered attacking North Korea's nuclear complex.[10] The Globe and Mail reports that in 1954, Kim became the national assembly's youngest elected member.[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kim, Hyung-Jin, "Kim Young Sam: South Korean president ended years of military rule", The Globe and Mail, 23 November 2015; "Kim Young Sam Facts", Encyclopedia of World Biography; 김영삼 대통령의 군 복무 사진 첫 공개; "Hospital Official: Ex-SKorean President Kim Young-Sam Dies", New York Times (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  2. "Former President Kim Young-sam dies at age 87", The Korea Herald, 21 November 2015. facts only, no text reused. koreaherald.com
  3. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Holley, "Kim Young Sam Gets Backing of Only Woman in Korea Race", Los Angeles Times, 6 December 1987; "My five decades with Kim Young-sam", koreajoongangdaily, 2015-11-25 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kim, Hyung-Jin, "Kim Young Sam: South Korean president ended years of military rule", The Globe and Mail, 23 November 2015 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Kim remembered as democracy fighter, economic reformer", 22 November 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Breen, "Kim Young-sam: the man who would be president", The Korea Times, 19 October 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Former President Kim Young-sam dies at age 87", The Korea Herald, 21 November 2015; Stokes, "PURGED SEOUL POLITICIAN SAYS CHUN GOVERNS BY FEAR", The New York Times, 1981-03-25; Stokes, "DEMOCRACY IS OBSESSION OF BANNED SEOUL POLITICIAN", The New York Times, 1982-04-16 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Breen, "Kim Young-sam: the man who would be president", The Korea Times, 19 October 2011; Choi, "Social Networks as a Political Resource: Revisiting the Korean Democratic Transition", Journal of East Asian Studies, 3 March 2020, p. 75–98 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Kim Young-sam" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sanger, "EX-DISSIDENT WINS ELECTION IN KOREA", The New York Times, 1992-12-19; Sanger, "Man in the News; Korea's Pick: A Pragmatist Kim Young Sam", The New York Times, 1992-12-20; "(11) Kim Young-sam: the man who would be president - The Korea Times", www.koreatimes.co.kr, 2011-10-19; Hughes, "From Dissident to President/Carrying Korea Into the World: Kim Young Sam Takes Perseverance on the Road", The New York Times, 1995-03-30 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Kim, Hyung-Jin, "Kim Young Sam: South Korean president ended years of military rule", The Globe and Mail, 23 November 2015. facts only, no text reused. theglobeandmail.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Kim Young-sam (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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