IRP and Kim Dae-jung

Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who died August 18, met with the International Reporting Project Gatekeeper Editors in Seoul in November 2007 during the groups visit to Korea. In an hour-long interview with the Gatekeepers, the former Nobel Peace Prize Laureate spoke about South Korean politics, North Korea and its nuclear program, Koreas relations with the United States and about the future of North-South unification, a major goal of his policies during his 1998-2003 presidency. Above is a one-minute excerpt of Kims interview that is part of the 15-minute film about the Korea trip made by video journalist Matt ONeill, who accompanied the Gatekeepers.

Following the groups interview with Kim, one of the Gatekeepers, Michael Mosettig, a senior producer for PBSs NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, wrote about the meeting. His story, which is available on the IRP web site:

http://www.internationalreportingproject.org/stories/detail/1284/

This story is one of many dispatches about Korea, both South and North, that was produced by the Gatekeepers:

http://www.internationalreportingproject.org/stories/gatekeeper-trip/109/

Also, see IRP Director John Schidlovskys blog item about the death of Kim and that 2007 interview:

http://www.internationalreportingproject.org/about/blog_detail/1283/

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• Kim Dae-jung
• Korea
• IRP
• Gatekeepers

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