Lee Hee-ho
Lee Hee-ho was born in Seoul, South Korea on September 21st, 1922 and is the First Lady Of South Korea From 1998 To 2003. At the age of 96, Lee Hee-ho biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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During the Korean War, Lee left Seoul and moved to Busan where she founded Korean Women Youth Organisation with her friends as opposed to women's league of North Korea's Communist Party. After quitting the Organisation due to its function in reality limited solely to assisting military and police officers, Lee worked for youth division of National Council of Churches in Korea.
In 1952 Lee co-founded Research Institute for Women's Issues with her fellow women's rights activists including Lee Tai-young and continued to lead the Institute as the second president of the institute from 1964 to 1970.
In June 2000, First Lady Lee Hee-ho accompanied her husband to North Korea for the 2000 inter-Korean summit, which was the first time that the leaders of North and South Korea met face-to-face since the division of Korea. President Kim Dae-jung and Lee met with Kim Jong-il during the summit.
Lee remained active in politics, diplomacy and inter-Korean relations throughout her 80s and 90s. She undertook several visits to North Korea to promote dialogue and better relations between the two countries. She traveled to Pyongyang in December 2011 following the death of Kim Jong Il.
At the age of 92, Lee led an 18-member delegation on a goodwill trip to North Korea from 5–8 August 2015. Her delegation included former Minister of Culture Kim Sung-jae, scholar Paik Nak-chung, and several educators, but no members of the sitting South Korean government.
In March 2017, a public opinion survey showed that Lee Hee-ho was the best first lady in South Korean history. 46% of the respondents had a positive view of her and only 5.7% had a negative view.