Hello, thanks for listening to the witness history podcast from the BBC World Service with

me, Jill Curzley. I'm taking you back to career in June 2000, a big moment for the divided

nation. It's the most important meeting ever, at least as far as the peoples of the two

careers are concerned. Until now, the leaders of North and South Korea have never met.

The two nations are still technically at war. Their shared border is one of the most heavily

armed on earth. The North Kim Jong-il, who likes to be known as the dear leader, will

meet President Kim Dae-jong of the South, in the North Korean capital Pyongyang.

There are enemies, but they were sitting together, eating together and toasting together,

singing the unification song together.

Professor Chung-in Moon, who was one of 21 special delegates, invited to attend the summit

by President Kim Dae-jong of South Korea.

I have been working on his sunshine policy, therefore I was well versed into the, you know,

his policy, and that was a primary reason towards me.

And how did you feel about getting chosen?

I was honored to see him back in me to Blue House, the presidential office, you know, one

week before the summit.

And there they discussed the meaning of the summit and the sunshine policy.

The term sunshine policy originated from one of E-SOP's fables, the North Wind and the

Sun.

Here's South Korea's President Kim Dae-jong explaining it through an interpreter in 2001 after winning

a Nobel Peace Prize.

Since I was inaugurated president of the Republic of Korea in 1998, I have consistently pushed

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