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| Koreas 'to hold historic summit' | Koreas 'to hold historic summit' |
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| North and South Korea are to hold only their second-ever summit, officials have announced. | North and South Korea are to hold only their second-ever summit, officials have announced. |
| President Roh Moo-hyun will visit the North Korean capital Pyongyang for a meeting with the North's leader Kim Jong-il between 28-30 August. | President Roh Moo-hyun will visit the North Korean capital Pyongyang for a meeting with the North's leader Kim Jong-il between 28-30 August. |
| The summit comes seven years after the first one, when Mr Kim met then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. | The summit comes seven years after the first one, when Mr Kim met then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. |
| Correspondents say the meeting will be a boost to Mr Roh, who is approaching the end of his presidential term. | Correspondents say the meeting will be a boost to Mr Roh, who is approaching the end of his presidential term. |
| 'Weighty significance' | |
| The summit has been arranged despite the two nations being technically still at war - neither signed an official ceasefire at the end of the Korean War in 1953. | |
| The south's presidential security adviser, Baek Jong-chun, said the meeting was finally agreed after senior intelligence officials had made two trips to the north. | |
| South Korea's presidential office said in a statement: "The second inter-Korean summit will contribute to substantially opening the era of peace and prosperity between the two Koreas." | |
| Meanwhile, the north's Korean Central News Agency released a statement confirming that an agreement had been signed on Sunday. | |
| "The meeting between the top leaders of the north and the south will be of weighty significance in opening a new phase of peace on the Korean peninsula," the statement said. |