SEOUL, South Korea – The body of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung has been transported to the National Assembly, where it will lie in state until his funeral Sunday.
Kim died Tuesday at age 85, unleashing an outpouring of grief for a man who campaigned for democracy at home and won the Nobel Peace Prize for a historic summit with rival North Korea.
Kim's body was placed in a coffin Thursday along with a Bible, a letter from his wife and her autobiography about life with the former dissident.
His wife and their three sons attended the solemn Roman Catholic ceremony.