Kim Young-sam
![Official portrait, 1993](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Kim_Young-sam_presidential_portrait.jpg)
From 1961, he spent almost 30 years as one of the leaders of the South Korean opposition, and one of the most powerful rivals to the authoritarian regimes of Park Chung Hee and Chun Doo-hwan. He was elected to the National Assembly at the age of 25, the youngest person in Korean history, and served as a nine-term lawmaker, working as a leader with Kim Dae-jung and the democratic camp. His nickname is Geosan (巨山) and his hometown is Gimnyeong (金寧). Elected as president in the 1992 presidential election, Kim became the first civilian to hold the office in over 30 years. He was inaugurated on 25 February 1993, and served a single five-year term, presiding over a massive anti-corruption campaign, the arrest of his two predecessors, and an internationalization policy called ''Segyehwa''.
At the final years of his presidency, Kim had been widely blamed for the collapse of the Seongsu Bridge and the Sampoong Department Store and the downturn and recession of the South Korean economy during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which forced South Korea to accept tens of billions of dollars in unpopular conditional loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This caused him to have one of the lowest approval ratings of any incumbent president in the history of South Korea at 6%, until Park Geun-hye surpassed Kim at 1–3% during the political scandal in 2016. After his death, however, he has seen a moderately positive reevaluation. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Saverio Cosola, Young Sam Kim, Young Min Park, Enrica Giammarinaro, Ugo CovaniGet full text
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10by Mina Lee, Suk Jin Choi, Yong Han Yoon, Joung-Taek Kim, Wan Ki Baek, Young Sam KimGet full text
Published 2015-12-01
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17by Kyoung Hee Cho, Young Sam Kim, Chung Mo Nam, Tae Hyun Kim, Sun Jung Kim, Kyu-Tae Han, Eun-Cheol ParkGet full text
Published 2016-01-01
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18by Kyoung Hee Cho, Young Sam Kim, Chung Mo Nam, Tae Hyun Kim, Sun Jung Kim, Kyu-Tae Han, Eun-Cheol ParkGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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20by Eun Hye Lee, Young Ae Kang, Ah Young Leem, Moo Suk Park, Young Sam Kim, Se Kyu Kim, Joon Chang, Song Yee KimGet full text
Published 2017-07-01
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