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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - NOV. 26: South Korea on Thursday held a state funeral for its former President Kim Young Sam, whose 1992 election victory marked the formal end of more than 30 years of military rule. Kim, who was in power from 1993 to 1998, died on Sunday from blood poisoning and acute heart failure. He was 87. A ceremony was held at a plaza in front of the National Assembly or parliament in Seoul after a five-day mourning period. Kim was to be buried at the national cemetery in the city. Kim was opposed to South Korea's military dictators, and remains an iconic figure of the country's pro-democracy movement, along with former President Kim Dae Jung, who died in 2009. While in office his two predecessors -- former generals Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo -- were convicted and imprisoned for treason and other charges, although Kim later pardoned them. His leadership was tarnished when South Korea was forced to accept a $58 billion bailout from the International Monetary Fund during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis.