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China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-17 07:53
Ex-president on respirator
Ailing former Republic of Korea President Kim Dae-jung, a Nobel laureate, has been put on a respirator because of complications from pneumonia but is not in "immediate danger," hospital officials said yesterday.
The 85-year-old ex-dissident served as president from 1998 to 2003 and had a "Sunshine Policy" of encouraging reconciliation with Pyongyang, which culminated in a historic summit with DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in 2000.
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