FORMER KOREAN PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG VISITS CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON
Former President of the Republic of Korea Kim Dae-Jung makes his way to a lunch with Senators on Capitol Hill in Washington on September 19, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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SEOUL, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- More than 20,000 people, including North Korea officials, attended Sunday's state funeral for ex-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in Seoul, officials said.
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- A North Korean delegation gave South Korean President Lee Myung-bak a message about cooperation from Kim Jong-il during a meeting in Seoul, officials said.
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak may meet with a North Korean delegation in Seoul attending the funeral of former President Kim Dae-jung, sources say.
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- A North Korean delegation paid respects to the late former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung Friday, the first day of its two-day trip to Seoul.
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il will send a delegation to attend the funeral of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, Pyongyang indicated Wednesday.
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Kim Dae-jung, the former South Korean president who won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for seeking rapprochement with North Korea, died on Tuesday at the age of 85.
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Kim Dae-jung, who served as South Korean president from 1998 to 2003, died Tuesday after a prolonged bout of pneumonia, Yonhap news agency said. He was 85.
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- The United Nations is ready to do whatever is necessary to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says.