Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Dae-jung, who as a longtime opposition leader survived assassination attempts and a death sentence to become president of South Korea, and whose unflagging efforts to reconcile with communist North Korea earned him the Nobel Peace Prize, died Tuesday, hospital officials said. He was 85.
Kim, who had been hospitalized with pneumonia since last month, died shortly after 1:40 p.m., said Lee Sung-man, a spokesman for Severance Hospital in Seoul.
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