Editing Kim Dae-jung (section)

===North Korea policy===
{{See also|Sunshine Policy}} 
[[File:President Bill Clinton greets South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung.jpg|thumb|Dae-jung with U.S. president [[Bill Clinton]] in September 1999]]
[[File:Vladimir Putin in South Korea 26-28 February 2001-7.jpg|thumb|In February 2001, Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] dined with Kim Dae-Jung.]]
His policy of engagement with [[North Korea]] has been termed the [[Sunshine Policy]].<ref name="reconcilation"/> He moved to begin [[détente]] [[Foreign relations of North Korea|with respect]] to the [[Government of North Korea|totalitarian government in North Korea]], which culminated in a historic summit meeting in 2000 in [[Pyongyang]] with North Korean leader [[Kim Jong Il]]. This marked a critical juncture in inter-Korean relations. On 13 October 2000, he was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] for these efforts, and also in conjunction for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2000/press.html |title=The Nobel Peace Prize for 2000 to Kim Dae-jung |date=13 October 2000 |website=Nobel Prize |access-date=16 July 2018 }}</ref> A big consequence of these efforts is that on 15 September 2000, the [[Korean Unification Flag]] ({{Korean|hangul=통일기|hanja=統一旗|rr=Tong-ilgi|mr=T'ong'ilgi|links = no}}) was carried into an [[Stadium Australia|Olympic Stadium]] during an [[2000 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|Olympic opening ceremony]] for the first time. However, the historic event was tainted significantly by allegations that at least several hundred million dollars had been paid to North Korea, known as the [[cash-for-summit scandal]]. Hyundai transferred $500&nbsp;million to the North just months before the summit, triggering criticism that the South Korean government paid for the summit. [[Hyundai Asan|Hyundai]] claimed the money was a payment for exclusive business rights in electric power facilities, communication lines, an industrial park, cross-border roads and railway lines in North Korea. And in this regard, [[Park Jie-won]] was charged with violating domestic laws on foreign exchange trade and inter-Korean cooperation affairs while orchestrating covert money transfers by Hyundai to North Korea. Park played a pivotal role in arranging the first [[Inter-Korean summit]]. In May 2006, he was sentenced to three years in prison. Park was released in February 2007, and pardoned in December 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2839306|title=Park Jie-won gets leave from jail for treatment|date=6 November 2006|access-date=5 July 2020|work=[[Korea JoongAng Daily]]}}</ref> Also to persuade North Korea to attend the summit, several "[[unconverted long-term prisoners]]" kept by South Korea were released and returned to North Korea.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.atimes.com/koreas/BI05Dg01.html |periodical=[[Asia Times Online]] |title=Spies' repatriation causes unease in Seoul |last=Ahn |first=Mi-young |date=5 September 2000 |access-date=25 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235340/http://www.atimes.com/koreas/BI05Dg01.html |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=unfit}}</ref>