Kim 's ` ` Sunshine War '' with North culminated in 2000 meeting with Kim Jong Il . Kim was president from 1998 to 2003 . He was ill more than a month ago for cancer . Despite Nobel Peace Prize , he failed to achieve economic growth that he promised .
Kim 's `` Sunshine Policy '' with North culminated in 2000 meeting with Kim Jong Il . Kim was president from 1998 to 2003 . He was hospitalized more than a month ago for pneumonia . Despite Nobel Peace Prize , he failed to achieve economic reforms that he promised .