Kim Dae-jung Famous Quotes and Saying

Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.

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magnanimous forgiving strong

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

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democracy development justice

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

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asian causes thinking

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

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unification program goal

And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon.

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korea light two

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries.

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democracy giving country

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

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stability balance causes

So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime.

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korea regimes want

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

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unification stability asia

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

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korea military successful

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

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west-germany east-germany aunt

Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside.

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korea wells doors

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.

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korea government serious

So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula.

Kim Dae-jung

korea japan forever

So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized.

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october pushing years

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

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japan struggle america

But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society.

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imf reform thinking

To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government.

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korea target government

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Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon.

So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries.

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside.

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.

So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula.

So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized.

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society.

To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government.

Lee Myung-bak

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