Editing Kim Dae-jung (section)

==Legacy==
During his presidency, he introduced South Korea's contemporary [[welfare state]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Takegawa |first1=Shogo |date=December 2005 |title=Japan's Welfare State Regime: Welfare Politics, Provider and Regulator |journal=Development and Society |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=169–190 |url=http://ritsumei-gssgp.jp/sansyagp/lecture/lecture-pdf/Matsuda/100601Japnan's_Welfare-State_Regime.pdf |access-date=25 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417044917/http://ritsumei-gssgp.jp/sansyagp/lecture/lecture-pdf/Matsuda/100601Japnan%27s_Welfare-State_Regime.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Muthu |first1=Rajendran |year=2006 |title=Social Development in Japan: A Focus on Social Welfare Issues |journal=Journal of Societal & Social Policy |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=1–20 |url=http://www.aasw-asia.net/JSSP%2051.pdf |access-date=25 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025191515/http://www.aasw-asia.net/JSSP%2051.pdf |archive-date=25 October 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnvfBQAAQBAJ&q=productive+welfare+system&pg=PT74 |title = East Asian Development Model: Twenty-first century perspectives|isbn = 9781317815778|last1 = Hua|first1 = Shiping|last2 = Hu|first2 = Ruihua|date = 17 December 2014| publisher=Routledge }}</ref> successfully shepherded the country's economic recovery, brought in a new era of competitive and transparent economy and fostered a greater role for South Korea in the world stage, including the [[FIFA World Cup]], jointly hosted by South Korea and Japan in [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]. South Korea also became more democratic as a society, wired to the Internet, and based on a knowledge-intensive infrastructure. A presidential library at [[Yonsei University]] was built to preserve Kim's legacy,<ref>{{Cite web |title=YONSEI University, Seoul, Korea {{!}} Campus Life {{!}} Administrative Department/ Institution {{!}} Affiliated Institutions {{!}} Kim, Dae Jung Library |url=https://www.yonsei.ac.kr/en_sc/campus/affiliated10.jsp |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.yonsei.ac.kr}}</ref> and there is a convention center named after him in the city of Gwangju, the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mansukhani |first=Umesh |date=2023-04-05 |title=Exploring the Sangmu District: Gwangju's Hub of Food, Finance, Governance, and More |url=https://gwangjunewsgic.com/travel/around-gwangju/sangmu-district/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Gwangju News |language=en-US}}</ref>

A Gallup Korea poll in October 2021 showed Kim, [[Roh Moo-hyun]], and [[Park Chung Hee]] as the most highly rated presidents of South Korean history in terms of leaving a positive legacy.<ref name="assessment">{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/028/0002565795?sid=100|script-title=ko:[갤럽] "전두환 잘한 일 많다" 16%뿐…노태우는 21%|work=[[Naver News]]|date=29 October 2021|access-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> However, compared to Roh and Park, Kim attracted an absolute majority of positive opinions amongst all age groups, with the highest support among citizens in the 40-49 age range.