Kim Apologizes for Summit Scandal
By Oh Young-jin
Staff Reporter
The Korea Times
President Kim Dae-jung yesterday admitted approving Hyundai Merchant
Marine's (HMM) transfer of more than $200 million to North Korea
just before the historic inter-Korean summit in June, 2000, although
he knew the payment was illegal.
In a nationally televised news conference, Kim said, "The
government allowed
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