Kim Dae Jung to Celebrate Fifth Anniversary of Nobel Peace Prize
Former Korean President Kim Dae Jung is preparing to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize he was awarded after the June 2000 summit with North Korea:
Attaching more significance to the “fifth’’ anniversary, a group of dignitaries who served as Cabinet ministers under the Kim administration from 1998 to 2003 has formed a committee this year to prepare for a grand convention which will highlight the commemoration week.
Slated for Thursday at the Sheraton Walkerhill hotel in Seoul, Kim will deliver a speech to about 600 invited guests. Former German president Richard von Weizsaecker will also give a lecture on the peace on the Korean Peninsula and lessons from the German reunification.
High-profile officials from the incumbent Roh Moo-hyun administration as well as political leaders from the ruling and opposition camps, including potential candidates for the 2007 presidential election, are expected to attend the congratulatory event.
Only in Korea would you celebrate someone who bought a Nobel Peace Prize.
