Former South Korean President Kim Young Sam Passes Away

The government on Sunday expressed its deep condolences over the death of Kim Young-sam, a former Korean president who had been a great friend of the Republic of China (ROC). He stated Kim is believed to have suffered from a extreme blood infection & acute heart failure before he died.

Kim was taken to the hospital on Thursday due to a high fever, Oh said. In recent years, Kim had been treated at the hospital for stroke, angina and pneumonia, Oh added.

Kim was a major player in South Korea’s rise to democracy. He served as president from 1993 to 1998.

He had Chun and another military ex-president indicted on mutiny, treason and corruption charges stemming from a coup, and they were convicted and sent to prison.

According to AP, at one point the U.S. military drew up plans for a strike against a North Korean nuclear facility, but Kim opposed it, sure that it would lead to a full-scale conflict. Kim feared a attainable war.

South Korea seeks to hold family reunions on a regular basis, calling on the North to allow such families to exchange letters.

The crisis eased when former President Jimmy Carter met with the North’s leader and founder Kim Il Sung, the grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un, in Pyongyang, which led to an accord aimed at freezing North Korea’s plutonium-based nuclear programs.

“North Korea and the United States have a huge gap in positions on the nuclear issue” he said.

Resuming high-level talks was among a set of agreements the sides struck after they averted the bloodshed they had threatened each other over land mine blasts blamed on Pyongyang that maimed two South Korean soldiers. During the Korean War, he anchored a defence ministry propaganda radio programme.

As part of those agreements, the Koreas last month arranged for the first time since early 2014.

During the chaotic period, Maj.

He defeated Kim Dae-Jung in the 1992 election and was inaugurated the following year – becoming only the third civilian to hold the office and first since 1962.

Kim is survived by his wife and two sons and three daughters.