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ANALYSIS - PYONGYANG-SEOUL RELATIONS AFTER S KOREA-US SUMMIT.

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SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President George W. Bush held their first summit on April 19, 2008 at Camp David near Washington, D.C. During the summit, both presidents agreed to upgrade the ROK-U.S. alliance into a 21st century strategic alliance.

Major Achievements of the Summit at Camp David

The summit's major achievements can be summarized in three areas. First, the summit reaffirmed defense cooperation between the two nations. In 2004, Korea and the U.S. began an alliance transformation that has involved realigning U.S. forces in Korea and relocating some of them from the peninsula. Since then, both Seoul and ...

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