Kim Dae-jung

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8 related events

1. 1
   1969Third-Term Amendmentrelated figure

   An amendment allowing a president three terms was pushed through by ruling-party members alone in an annex of the National Assembly.

2. 2
   1973 – 1979Emergency Decrees and the March First Democratic Declarationparticipant

   When a campaign to amend the Yushin constitution arose, the government suppressed it with emergency decrees; in 1976 dissidents issued the March First Democratic Declaration at Myeongdong Cathedral.

3. 3
   1980May 18 Democratic Uprisingrelated figure

   From 18 to 27 May 1980, in Gwangju, martial-law troops used force against citizens demanding an end to martial law and to the new military group, and many citizens were killed.

4. 4
   1987June 29 Declarationrelated figure

   Ruling-party presidential candidate Roh Tae-woo promised a direct-election amendment and the pardon and restoration of Kim Dae-jung.

5. 5
   1987Ninth Constitutional Amendmentrelated figure

   A constitution agreed by ruling and opposition parties introduced direct presidential elections and a single five-year term — the constitution in force today.

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   1997 – 2001Currency Crisis and IMF Bailoutrelated figure

   With foreign reserves exhausted, South Korea took an IMF bailout; the Kim Dae-jung government restructured the economy and repaid the loans in full in 2001.

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   1998 – 2008Start of Mount Geumgang Toursrelated figure

   After Chung Ju-yung crossed into North Korea with a herd of cattle, a ship carrying South Korean tourists sailed from Donghae for Mount Geumgang.

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   2000June 15th North–South Joint Declarationleader

   The first inter-Korean summit since division was held in Pyongyang, and a joint declaration was issued.

People who appear alongside

• Park Chung-hee1917 – 1979

  5th–9th President (1963–1979). Led the May 16 coup, the five-year economic plans and the Yushin system; killed in the October 26 incident

• Roh Tae-woo1932 – 2021

  13th President (1988–1993). Announced the June 29 Declaration, became the first president directly elected under the 1987 constitution, and pursued Nordpolitik

• Kim Young-sam1927 – 2015

  14th President (1993–1998). Introduced the real-name financial system and full local autonomy; the 1997 currency crisis came at the end of his term

• Yun Po-sun1897 – 1990

  4th President (1960–1962), elected by the National Assembly under the parliamentary system after the April Revolution; resigned after the May 16 coup

• Jang Jun-ha1918 – 1975

  Former Korean Liberation Army soldier who published the magazine Sasanggye and led the 1973 campaign for a million signatures petitioning for constitutional revision

• Ham Seok-heon1901 – 1989

  Thinker and democracy activist who wrote Korean History from the Standpoint of Meaning, published the magazine The Voice of the Ssial and joined the 1976 March First Democratic Declaration

• Mun Ik-hwan1918 – 1994

  Pastor and democracy activist who joined the 1976 March First Democratic Declaration and visited North Korea in 1989 in the cause of reunification

• Chun Doo-hwan1931 – 2021

  11th–12th President (1980–1988), leading figure of the new military group that seized control in the December 12 incident; tried in 1996 over 12 December and 18 May

Themes this person appears in

• Changing Unification Policies1948 – 2018

  From “march north” to the Panmunjom Declaration — inter-Korean relations from confrontation to dialogue, through joint statements and agreements to summits (up to 2018)

• Printing and Documentary HeritageAD 751 – 2011

  From the Dharani Sutra to the May 18 archives — woodblock and metal-type printing, and the records inscribed on the Memory of the World

• Pyongyang194 BC – 2007

  From Wanggeom-seong of Gojoseon to the inter-Korean summits — capital of Goguryeo, Western Capital of Goryeo, the great city on the Taedong

• GwangjuAD 685 – 1980

  Mujinju, where Gyeon Hwon first rose — city of the 1929 student independence movement and the May 18 Democratic Uprising