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South Korea: Respected Leader of Korean Democratic Movement Dies

Categories: East Asia, South Korea, Breaking News, Citizen Media, Politics
Kim Geun-tae, a leading South Korean democracy activist, died December 30, 2011 at the age of 64 from a brain disease. More than three thousand net users have already paid their deep condolences in Daum Agora page [1] [ko], the nation's most famous public forum. Kim was repeatedly tortured and jailed under authoritarian regimes.