North and South Korea to hold talks

The chief of Seoul National College Hospital, Oh Byung-Hee, stated Kim died there early Sunday.

South Korean officials said they’ve proposed working-level talks three times before North Korea offered to meet at the northern side of the border village of Panmunjom next Thursday.

The pro-democracy activist, who served as president from 1993 to 1998, was an outspoken opponent of the country’s previous military rulers.

Observers also believe North Korean leader Kim Jong-un now seems to be more focused on foreign policy after spending the last four years strengthening his grip on power by purging political threats.

The North later expressed its “deep regret” for the intrusion, which left 24 North Korean agents and 13 South Koreans dead.

During his presidency, he was credited with disbanding military faction, abolishing bank accounts held under aliases, and launching a sweeping anti-corruption crackdown.

The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution Thursday that condemned North Korea’s abysmal human rights record and called for referring North Korean regime to the global Criminal Court (ICC).

But his popularity nosedived after his son was arrested on charges of bribery and his government was forced to receive an worldwide bailout from the global Monetary Fund during the Asian financial crisis.

He ruled for five years.

Kim Young-sam was born into a wealthy fishing family on December20, 1927, on Geoje Island off the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula when the country was under Japanese colonial rule. Seoul’s defence ministry was not available for comment.

During that chaotic period, Maj.

Elected head of the New Democratic Party in 1974, he was expelled from the assembly five years later after calling on the administration of US President Jimmy Carter to withdraw support from Gen Park’s dictatorship. He defeated Kim Dae-jung in Presidential election 1992.