kim dae-jung (january 6, 1924 – august 18, 2009) was a south korean president. in 2000, he got the nobel peace prize. he is the first person from korea to get a nobel prize. a roman catholic since 1957, he has been called the "nelson mandela" of asia kim dae jung was the president (succeeding kim young-sam) from 1998 to 2003. he was born in haui-do, south jeolla province, an island off the south korean coast in 1924.