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Kim Jong-il mourns the death of Kim Dae-jung
2009-Aug-19 05:09:56

Kim Jong-il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), mourned the death of Kim Dae-jung, former president of the Republic of Korea (ROK), the official news agency KCNA reported on Wednesday.

"Upon hearing the sad news that ex-President Kim Dae Jung passed away, I express my deep condolences to Mrs. Ri Hui Ho and other bereaved family members," said the top leader in a message of condolences to the family of Kim Dae Jung.

"Though he passed away to our regret, the feats he performed to achieve national reconciliation and realize the desire for reunification will remain long with the nation," he added.

Kim Dae-jung, 85, died of pneumonia early Tuesday. Taking office in 1998, he served as president for five years, during which he met with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-il for the first time since the armistice of the Korean War.

Apart from that, Kim also won the Nobel Prize for his "lifelong " strife for democracy and efforts to realize reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula.

 
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