Lim Dong-won

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Korean name
Hangul 임동원
Hanja 林東源
Revised Romanization Im Dong-won
McCune–Reischauer Im Tongwŏn

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Lim Dong-won (born 1934) is a retired South Korean politician who was a top aide during the administration of Kim Dae-jung and a key architect of the Sunshine Policy, holding the post of Unification Minister until losing a no-confidence vote on September 3, 2001; he stepped down after being impeached on December 23, 2001.[1] His involvement in secret payments to North Korea to facilitate the 2000 summit meeting resulted in an 18-month suspended jail sentence in 2003. In 2004 he was named the head of the Sejong Institute.[2] In his retirement he has been critical of United States policy on North Korea.[3] He has also been indicted in connection with an extensive wiretapping scandal uncovered in 2005.[4]

Before joining Kim Dae-jung's administration he had served as head of Kim's Asia-Pacific Peace Foundation; deputy chief of the unification board under Roh Tae-woo; and ambassador to Nigeria and Australia in the 1980s.

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Preceded by Director of the National Intelligence Service
December 24, 1999–March 26, 2001
Succeeded by
Shin Kuhn
Preceded by Unification Minister of South Korea
March 27, 2001–January 2002
Succeeded by
Hong Soon-young


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