South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who has only a...

South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, who has only a few months left in office, said this was the most difficult time of his life.
In a frank confession to the media, President Kim discussed his personal life and state affairs, and the emotional turmoil over the scandals that may put two of his three sons behind prison bars.
His two sons are awaiting trial on separate charges of corruption and bribery by allegedly accepting millions of dollars.
President Kim said: "As an opposition politician in the past, I overcame five crucial moments in which my life was threatened, spent six years in prison and 30 years in exile or house arrest. But no time in my life do I feel more pitiful than now."
He recalled the days during which he was abducted by South Korean agents from Japan in 1973 and brought to Seoul.
In 1980, he faced death by hanging after he was found guilty of sedition charges by a military tribunal.
President Kim said: "When I was about to be thrown into the sea during the abduction and waited for the time of execution in prison on sedition charges, I felt agony yet at the same time, I was proud of myself."
And since he took office in 1998, one of his biggest achievements was to hold a historic summit with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il. Despite a recent deadly sea-clash, he vows to continue helping North Korea come out of its isolation.
There is little President Kim can do now about inter-Korean relations but since the North Koreans are known to be unpredictable, he may still be able to prove that his 'Sunshine Policy' is the right choice.