Kim Dae-jung - Post-presidency

Post-presidency

Kim called for restraint against the North Koreans for detonating a nuclear weapon and defended the continued Sunshine Policy towards Pyongyang to defuse the crisis. He also received an honorary doctorate at the University of Portland on 17 April 2008 where he delivered his speech, "Challenge, Response, and God."

The Wikileaks data reveals that the US Embassy in Seoul described Kim as "South Korea's first left-wing president" to the American government on his day of death.