Historic
Inter-Korean Summit Talks
In Pyongyang from June 13 to 15
General Secretary Kim Jong Il and President Kim Dae Jung Sign the North-South Joint Declaration
PYONGYANG, June 15 (KCNA)
The great leader Kim Jong Il, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, together with President Kim Dae Jung, singed a North-South Joint Declaration on June 14.
Present on the occasion were Secretary Kim Yong Sun and First Vice Department Director Rim Tong Ok of the WPK Central Committee.
Also on hand were Minister of Unification Pak Jae Gyu, Minister of Finance and Economy Ri Hon Jae, Minister of Culture and Tourism Pak Ji Won, Special Aide to the President Rim Tong Won and other members of the south side’s delegation.
Kim Jong Il and Kim Dae Jung singed the texts of the declaration and exchanged them.
They drank toasts to the signing and had a souvenir picture taken.
The North-South Joint Declaration is a good fruition of the historic Pyongyang meeting reflecting the desire and will of all the fellow countrymen to achieve the sacred cause of reunification and build a prosperous and powerful country by the united efforts of the nation.Full text of NORTH-SOUTH JOINT DECLARATION
July
4 North-South Joint Statement (July 4th 1972)

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Kim
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Suite
Members of Kim Dae Jung Visit Different Places of Pyongyang(2000/06/15)
Wife
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President
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Tête-À-Tête
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(2000/06/14)
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| The late President Kim Il Sung met Rim Su Gyong who attended the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students held in Pyongyang in July 1989. | The late President Kim Il Sung met the late Rev. Mun Ik Hwan, former Advisor to the Coalition for National Democratic Movement of south Korea in April 1,1989. |
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