Mr Kwon No-gab aims to complete his dissertation by the time he turns 95 in two years’ time. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL – At 93 years old and still chasing his dreams, Mr Kwon No-gab, the chairman of the Kim Dae-jung Foundation and adviser to the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea, recently attended his first class as an English Literature doctoral student.
“My goal is to devote myself to President Kim until the very end. Without him, I never would have lived life like this, to be commended with a human rights award, to be celebrated in front of people in the United States,” said Mr Kwon in a recent interview with The Korea Herald. “I work out three times a week, go to school twice a week. I get up at 7.30 in the morning and I go to bed at midnight. And I watch all the news,” said Mr Kwon, who has been in politics for the bulk of his career.
In 2013, at the age of 83, he earned a master’s degree in English Literature from the same university, and had briefly enrolled in a doctorate course at Dongguk University, where he had completed his undergraduate studies more than half a century ago.Mother of three young kids is SUSS' first PhD graduate in study of elderly issuesHe trained, sacrificing his school grades, with his eyes set on representing the recently liberated country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
“ told me, ‘Park Chung-hee is trying to get rid of me ahead of the presidential election. I need your help.’” And that was enough. The head of the local police and fire department arrived at the scene, accompanied by a young man, a humble employee at a local company.
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