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FILE -- The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung speaks to the nation during a news conference at the presdential house in Seoul January 26, 2000. A lifetime opposition leader tortured and jailed by past military rulers, Kim elected president in late 1997 in his fourth run for the job. As president, Kim inherited and largely overcome the country's worst financial crisis in years. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)