Nobel Peace Prize 2000
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Kim Dae-jung
Prize share: 1/1
The Nobel Peace Prize 2000 was awarded to Kim Dae-jung "for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular"
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