Politics4 October 2007

October 4 Inter-Korean Summit Declaration

President Roh Moo-hyun and Chairman Kim Jong Il held the second inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang and issued a declaration on inter-Korean development and peace and prosperity.

On 2 October 2007 President Roh Moo-hyun crossed the Military Demarcation Line on foot to visit Pyongyang, and on the 4th he and Kim Jong Il issued the Declaration on the Advancement of South–North Korean Relations, Peace and Prosperity.

They agreed to implement the June 15 Declaration, create a special West Sea peace and cooperation zone, expand economic projects, and pursue a three- or four-party summit to declare an end to the war.

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States and rulers at the time: South Korea · signatory — President Roh Moo-hyun
North Korea · signatory — Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il

People

Roh Moo-hyun1946 – 2009
leader · 16th President (2003–2008). Held the second inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang in 2007 and issued the October 4 Declaration
Kim Jong Il1941 – 2011
leader · Son of Kim Il Sung and leader of North Korea (1994–2011). Named successor in 1980; ruled as chairman of the National Defence Commission under "military-first" politics. North Korea gives his birth year as 1942

Before and after

Earlier: 2007 Korea–US Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
Later: 2011 Return of the Oegyujanggak Uigwe

Themes that include this event

Changing Unification Policies1948 – 2018
From “march north” to the Panmunjom Declaration — inter-Korean relations from confrontation to dialogue, through joint statements and agreements to summits (up to 2018)
Pyongyang194 BC – 2007
From Wanggeom-seong of Gojoseon to the inter-Korean summits — capital of Goguryeo, Western Capital of Goryeo, the great city on the Taedong