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.
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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