Kim Dae Jung, Korea's legendary dissident-turned-president, ranks along with Nelson Mandela as the victor in one of the greatest political reversals of the 20th century. Elected president by 1.7% of the vote at the height of Korea's economic crisis in December 1997, DJ, as he is popularly known, faces his most severe challenge.
DONALD KIRK is a house author. He is the author of Korean Crisis and Looted: The Philippines After the Bases. He writes for the International Herald Tribune.
