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N. KOREA STRESSES UNITY WITH S. KOREA AHEAD OF SUMMIT.
SEOUL, Oct 1 Asia Pulse - North Korea stressed the need for reconciliation with South Korea Saturday ahead of this week's second inter-Korean summit, arguing the two longtime rivals should develop warmer ties to stave off outside influence.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun will travel by land to Pyongyang Tuesday for a three-day summit with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-il. The two Koreas held their first summit in 2000, when then-President Kim Dae-jung flew to Pyongyang to meet the reclusive North Korean leader.
"Improved inter-Korean relations are urgent for achieving national unity and the country's reunification," the Rodong Sinmun newspaper said in a commentary carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. The two Koreas have ostensibly committed to the goal of reuniting since the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
The first summit yielded a handful of reconciliation projects including a joint industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Kaesong and reunions of separated families in controlled settings.
Roh has said he would seek drastic expansion of economic cooperation with the communist state at the summit, but stressed he would mainly discuss ways to end the technical state of war to clear the way for a peace regime in the region.
He also said he would not insist on bringing up North Korea's nuclear issue at the summit, saying it is ...
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