SEOUL, Jan 25 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- Former South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan died Sunday while on a trip to Vietnam. He was 73, Yonhap News Agency reported.
Lee, who was serving as senior vice chairperson of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council, collapsed Friday in Ho Chi Minh City, according to officials.
He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he underwent a stent insertion procedure, but later died.
He was diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction and underwent a stent procedure by local medical staff, but failed to recover and officially passed away at 2:48 p.m. local time.
A seven-term lawmaker and a veteran figure of South Korea's democratic movement, Lee served as prime minister under former President Roh Moo-hyun from 2004 to 2006. - Bernama
