WORLD / Asia-Pacific
Report: Two Koreas to hold summit
(AP)
Updated: 2007-08-08 08:28
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il returns a salute as he reviews a military
parade in Pyongyang in this October 10, 2005 file photo. [Reuters]
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun gives a statement regarding the
kidnapped South Koreans in Afghanistan, at the Presidential Blue House in
Seoul July 21, 2007.[Reuters]
SEOUL, South Korea - The leaders of North and South Korea will meet for
their second-ever summit later this month, Yonhap news agency reported
Wednesday, reprising the historic 2000 meeting that launched
unprecedented reconciliation between the two longtime foes.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun
will convene in Pyongyang for the summit from Aug. 28-30, Yonhap reported.
The only other summit between the two Koreas was in June 2000, when Kim
met then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung also in Pyongyang.
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