Kwon Yang-sook (R), the wife of deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, comforts Lee Hee-ho, the wife of deceased former President Kim Dae-jung, in a memorial room for Kim at a hospital in Seoul August 18, 2009. Kim, a towering figure in South Korea's struggle for democracy who won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for seeking rapprochement with the communist North, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. Reuters Pictures 3 months ago

Kwon Yang-sook (R), the wife of deceased former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, comforts Lee Hee-ho, the wife of deceased former President Kim Dae-jung, in a memorial room for Kim at a hospital in Seoul August 18, 2009. Kim, a towering figure in South Korea's struggle for democracy who won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize for seeking rapprochement with the communist North, died on Tuesday at the age of 85.

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