LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: Well, it may seem almost ironic that, on this day of fear in the Middle East and that attack the U.S. ship, this year's Nobel Peace Prize has been announced. South Korean President Kim Dae-jung is being recognized for his efforts to develop closer ties with North Korea. We get more on the South Korean leader now from CNN's Seoul bureau chief Sohn Jie-ae. Pretty exciting day for him?</s>SOHN JIE-AE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes it is. Here is Seoul there has already been fireworks and there is excitement on the streets where many believe that the honor of getting the Nobel Peace Prize belongs not only to president Kim, but to the Korean people as a whole. And a short while ago President Kim Dae-jung made a statement through his spokesman that he thanked the world and the Korean people for the honor. But the entire, the turbulent career of President Kim Dae-jung has been full of such ups as well as downs.</s>JIE-AE: And today people will be watching to see whether President Kim Dae-jung will turn his reception of the Nobel Peace Prize into the chance of raising the inter-Korean relations to the next level. Sohn Jie-ae, CNN, Seoul.
South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung Receives Noble Peace Prize