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3 days ago · Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972. Learn more about Kim’s life and career in this article.
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4 days ago · The expulsion from the National Assembly of the new NDP leader Kim Young-Sam in early October 1979 escalated what had already been growing political tensions between the government and opposition leaders during the year into a major national crisis.
6 days ago · During former President Chun Doo-hwan's presidency, the name was changed to Minister of Political Affairs, leading to the Kim Young-sam administration.
6 days ago · "We have already experienced it in the case of the Saenuri Party in 2016, former President Kim Young-sam and candidates Lee Hoi-chang in 1997, and former President Roh Moo Hyun and Chung Dong-young in 2007 that if the president and the party leader are in conflict, it will be difficult to win the election," he explained.
6 days ago · The political minister was first established in 1970 under the name of "任 Minister" during the former President Park Chung-hee's presidency, but was renamed the political minister in 1981 during the Chun Doo-hwan administration, leading to the Kim Young-sam administration.
4 days ago · In 1993, KIM Young-sam became the first civilian president of South Korea's new democratic era. President KIM Dae-jung (1998-2003) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for his contributions to South Korean democracy and his "Sunshine Policy" of engagement with North Korea.
5 days ago · He was a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan, head of the Korean Provisional Government for multiple terms, and a Korean reunification activist after 1945. Kim is revered in South Korea, where he is widely considered one of the greatest figures in Korean history .
