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...shrewd enough not to court annihilation by using a nuclear device. "He is very knowledgeable about what goes on in the international scene," South Korean President Kim Dae Jung recently told TIME. And yet Kim apparently is convinced that he will someday go to war with the U.S. According to Kim Hyun Shik, a former professor at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, the North Korean leader watched the Gulf War closely and even ordered a film produced that analyzed the weak points of the U.S. military. The conclusion: Iraq lost because it lacked the will to attack U.S. troops...
...percentage point margin of victory over conservative opponent Lee Hoi Chang. Lee, 67, nearly squeaked into office by talking tough on North Korea. He argued that the North's recent confession of pursuing nuclear weapons in violation of international accords clearly showed that outgoing President Kim Dae Jung's "Sunshine" engagement policy had failed. But South Korea's younger voters, who grew up during the years when the country was run by military dictators propped up by the U.S., swung the election...
...Legacy: Kim Dae Jung Retires...
...Legacy: Kim Dae Jung Retires...
...Legacy: Kim Dae Jung Retires...