The Nobel Peace Prize 2000

Kim Dae-jung

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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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