Editing Kim Dae-jung (section)

===Relationship with former presidents===
After Kim achieved the presidency and moved into the [[Blue House]], there was uncertainty and considerable speculation about how he would deal with previous presidents: he had been sentenced to death under Chun Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo was Chun's number two and Kim Young-sam had been his political rival.

However, in December 1997 as president-elect, he advised outgoing president Kim Young-sam to pardon Chun and Roh who were imprisoned in 1996, in the spirit of national unity. Both Roh and Chun would attend Kim's inauguration ceremony in February 1998. Early in his term Kim invited Chun and Roh, both of whom attempted to have him killed, to the Blue House and refrained from seeking political vengeance. Subsequently, Kim organized gatherings with the former presidents to seek advice, an unprecedented move. After coming back from overseas visits, he invited them to the Blue House to explain the outcomes.<ref name="The Korea Times">{{cite news |date= 14 August 2009|title= Chun Doo-hwan Comforts DJ at Bedside|url= https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/08/116_50130.html|access-date= 27 October 2021}}</ref> During Kim's final days on his deathbed, the former presidents visited him and Chun met [[Lee Hee-ho]], Kim's wife and former first lady, and recounted Kim's display of magnanimity towards him, even though he had once had him put on death row. On 10 August 2009, eight days before his death, Kim was visited by his predecessor and rival [[Kim Young-sam]]. Next Day, President [[Lee Myung-bak]] also visited at the hospital.<ref name="The Korea Times"/>