BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: From overseas, Seoul, South Korea, today, there is word of a rather historic meeting between the leaders of North and South Korea. That summit has been scheduled for June in Pyongyang, North Korea. And as CNN's Seoul bureau chief Sohn Jie-Ae reports, it is a direct result of what is called the "sunshine policy."</s>SOHN JIE-AE, CNN SEOUL BUREAU CHIEF (voice-over): South and North Korean leaders have agreed to meet for the first time since the two countries were divided. South Korean President Kim Dae-jung will travel to the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for the historic meeting with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Il. The meeting to be held from June 12-14 was announced both in South and North Korea. South Korea's unification minister said the two leaders will talk about various issue concerning the joint future of the two countries. He said South and North Korean official will hold preliminary talks this month to prepare for the coming summit. Southern officials say the coming summit is an important outcome of the ongoing efforts of current president, Kim Dae-jung, and his policy of actively engaging the North, the "sunshine policy." This will be the first time the leaders of the two countries will sit down together since the two Koreas were divided. South and North Korea fought a Korean War 50 years ago. The two sides are technically still at war since a peace treaty was never signed. And 37,000 U.S. troops are still in the South to guard against any provocation from the North. The two sides almost held a summit in 1994, when former U.S. President Jimmy Carter brokered a meeting between the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and the South Korean then president Kim Young-sam. But that meeting never came about because of the sudden death of the North Korean leader. Sohn Jia-Ae, CNN, Seoul.
South and North Korean Leaders Agree to Meet for First Time Since Division