[{"n": "Jiang Zemin", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/jiang-zemin/", "s": "Fourth paramount leader of China from 1989 to 2002."}, {"n": "Kim Dae-jung", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/kim-dae-jung/", "s": "South Korean president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate"}, {"n": "Kim Jong Il", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/kim-jong-il/", "s": "Second supreme leader of North Korea"}, {"n": "Kim Jong Un", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/kim-jong-un/", "s": "Supreme leader of North Korea since 2011"}, {"n": "Kim Yo Jong", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/kim-yo-jong/", "s": "North Korean politician and sister of Kim Jong Un"}, {"n": "Kim Young-sam", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/kim-young-sam/", "s": "South Korea's first civilian president in over three decades."}, {"n": "Kakuei Tanaka", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/kakuei-tanaka/", "s": "Japanese prime minister who never finished high school."}, {"n": "Junichiro Koizumi", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/junichiro-koizumi/", "s": "Neoliberal reformer and sixth-longest serving Japanese prime minister."}, {"n": "Lee Hsien Loong", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/lee-hsien-loong/", "s": "Singapore's third prime minister, served 2004–2024, now senior minister."}, {"n": "Lee Myung-bak", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/lee-myung-bak/", "s": "South Korean president and former Hyundai CEO."}, {"n": "Lee Teng-hui", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/lee-teng-hui/", "s": "First directly elected president of the Republic of China."}, {"n": "Leung Chun-ying", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/leung-chun-ying/", "s": ""}, {"n": "Li Keqiang", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/li-keqiang/", "s": "Chinese premier who died in 2023 at age 68, the youngest to leave office and earliest to die among all PRC pre"}, {"n": "Li Peng", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/li-peng/", "s": "Chinese premier who backed the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown."}, {"n": "Li Qiang", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/li-qiang/", "s": "Chinese premier and Xi Jinping ally, pro-business reformer."}, {"n": "Li Xiannian", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/li-xiannian/", "s": "Chinese Communist leader and conservative Party elder."}, {"n": "Liu Shaoqi", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/liu-shaoqi/", "s": "Chinese revolutionary and politician, chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959–1968), purged during th"}, {"n": "Ma Ying-jeou", "u": "/e/east-asian-leaders/ma-ying-jeou/", "s": "Sixth president of the Republic of China, 2008–2016."}]