Kim Dae Jung speech, 1983 Mar. 30.

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Kim Dae Jung speech, 1983 Mar. 30.

This collection consists of a cassette tape recording and two copies of the typed transcript of Kim Dae Jung's March 30, 1983 speech at Emory University. The speech was presented as part of Emory's Human Rights Year celebration and titled Christianity, Human Rights, and Democracy in Korea.

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Kim, Dae Jung, 1925-2009

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Kim Dae Jung was born on January 6, 1924, son of a middle class farming family in Hayi-do, Korea. After graduating from high school in 1943 he took a position with a Japanese owned business. In 1945 he took over the business and soon became a respected member of the Korean business community. In 1961, in his fifth try for elected office, Kim won a seat in the Natinal Assembly. Shortly after the election Park Chung Hee seized power and dissolved the legislature. Kim assumed a positio...