World & Nation
Opposition leader Kim Young Sam made what a party spokesman described as virtually a declaration of his candidacy for president Wednesday, but his rival, Kim Dae Jung, said he questions the other Kim’s commitment to democracy.
Oct. 1, 1987
Entertainment & Arts
‘Young Tom Flooey’
June 27, 2010
Kim Young Sam, who finished second in the Dec. 16 presidential election, declared Wednesday that all opposition forces should unite in his Reunification Democratic Party to contest a National Assembly election next year.
Dec. 31, 1987
Obituaries
Former South Korean President Kim Young-sam, who served from 1993 to 1998, has died at 87.
Nov. 21, 2015
Asia: Animosity of president and rival could threaten reforms.
Jan. 24, 1996
Presidential nominee Kim Young Sam, seeking to establish himself as the leading opposition candidate in the Dec. 16 election, attended a massive rally here Saturday, during which a former minor-party candidate threw her support to him.
Dec. 6, 1987
Music
What if he hadn’t died so young?
Jan. 6, 1985
Kim Young Sam, cementing his opposition candidacy, accepted the presidential nomination of the fractured Reunification Democratic Party on Monday and called again on his rival, Kim Dae Jung, to return to the fold.
Nov. 10, 1987
Kim Young Sam on Wednesday dismissed as unthinkable a proposal by rival Kim Dae Jung that the two opposition leaders campaign as independents and then let the people decide which of them should face the ruling party’s candidate in the December presidential election.
Oct. 15, 1987
Liberal opposition forces moved toward a split Tuesday as Kim Young Sam urged his rival, Kim Dae Jung, not to run for president in order to forestall a possible military coup.
Sept. 30, 1987