Looking Back at Former President Kim Dae Jung

Crowds cheer for Kim Dae Jung — popularly referred to by his intials,
Nathan Benn / Corbis

Outburst of Love
Crowds cheer for Kim Dae Jung — popularly referred to by his intials, "DJ" — at a political rally on Sept. 26, 1987, the same year he was released from house arrest and ran for the Korean presidency. Not until his fourth try in 1997, however, would he be elected to the nation's top post.

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