South Korea
Kim Young-sam
said
Dawn will come even if the rooster is strangled.
— As quoted in "Kim Young-sam: Former President of South Korea Dies at 87" (November 2015), by Sang-Hun Choe, The New York Times (22 November
Kim Young-sam
President of South Korea from 1993 to 1998
- Fame61.6
- Momentum7.1
- South Korea rank#249
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- Fame61.6
- Momentum7.1
- South Korea rank#249
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Lived 1927–2015, aged 88South Korea
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South Korea's first civilian president in three decades, who spent nearly 30 years fighting military dictatorships before winning office in 1993 — then watched his approval collapse from 97% to 6% as bridges fell, a department store caved in, and the 1997 financial crisis forced the country into an IMF bailout.
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Elected to the National Assembly at 25, the youngest in Korean history, Kim Young-sam became a fixture of South Korean opposition through the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, standing against the authoritarian rule of Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo-hwan alongside Kim Dae-jung. When he won the presidency in 1992, he arrived as the first civilian in over 30 years and opened with force: a sweeping anti-corruption drive that put both his predecessors in prison and an internationalization push called Segyehwa. Then the ground gave way — literally, with the Seongsu Bridge and Sampoong Department Store collapses…
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Kim Young-sam
said
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.
— Interview (2009)
Kim Young-sam
saidundated
No ally is better than one’s own race.
— As quoted in "What the West gets wrong about North Korea’s motives, and why some South Koreans admire the North" (8 September 2017), The
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