[Herald Interview] ‘South Korea should lead abolition of death penalty in Asia-Pacific’
Social affairsApr 27, 2018
South Korea has an unprecedented record when it comes to the death penalty, allowing a political prisoner on death row to become its president.Late President Kim Dae-jung, who was in office from 1998 to 2003, was sentenced to death in 1980, on treason charges.With a campaign by the international community and human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Kim was able to leave the country for the United States two years later. Chiara Sangiorgio (Courtesy of Amnesty International)T