Korea: October 13, 2000

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South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung won the Nobel peace prize for his efforts in bringing peace and democracy to Korea. North Korean president Kim Sung Il most likely  did not share that prize because of North Korea's totalitarian government and long use of terror and other illegal practices. Thus it would have been difficult for the Peace Prize Committee to give both Kim's the prize. However, this may cause a certain iciness between North and South for a while.