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Leaders from North and South Korea are to hold a summit, only the second ever between the two sides, officials have announced.President Roh Moo-hyun will meet North Korea's Kim Jong-il in the North's capital, Pyongyang, from 28-30 August.The summit comes seven years after the first one,when Mr Kim met then-South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.That meeting ushered in improved ties and reconciliation between the two sides,who remain technically at war.This summit comes amid a gradual improvement in North Korea's ties with the outside world. The meeting was finally agreed after senior South Korean intelligence personnel made two trips to the North, officials said.South Korea's presidential office said that the summit would "contribute to substantially opening the era of peace and prosperity between the two Koreas".North Korean state news agency KCNA, meanwhile,said it would be "of weighty significance in opening a new phase of peace on the Korean Peninsula".Analysts say the meeting is another sign of Mr Kim's increasing willingness to co-operate with the international community.
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