Kim Jong Il and Roh Moo-hyun will meet on August 28 by Corina Ciubotaru

North and South Korea's leaders are set to make history as they meet for the second time in Pyongyang, North Korea, between August 28 and 30. After their first meeting in 2000, the world waited anxiously for the two nations to sign a formal peace treaty that would end the 54-year old cease-fire, and today's international leaders have the same expectations now. Even though the war still goes on in the South Asian peninsula, Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong Il's countries have come a long way on the path to cooperation, by creating an industrial park in the border city of Kaesong, using high-tech South Korean equipment and workers with low wages from North Korea. But there are a couple of problems: the second meeting was supposed to be held in Seoul in South Korea instead of Pyongyang in the North, and the event is viewed by the Grand National Party as a political move in an attempt by President Roh Moo-hyun to gain some popularity. Over the years, democratic South Korea provided billions of dollars for the development of socialist North Korea, which has just recently announced the end of its nuclear program. It seems Kim Jong Il is trying to open up to outside relations, perhaps realizing this is the only true way for progress in his country. Still, he is known for not entering a negotiation that he has nothing to gain from. This may be the beginning of a new era for the two countries whose people have been separated for decades by the most fortified border in the world.

related story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6936158.stm

by Corina Ciubotaru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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