South highlights differences at Korea summit

South Korea’s president reported differences between the two sides in historic summit talks today with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, while Kim gave a signal that the meeting be extended for an extra day.

President Roh Moo-hyun – meeting Kim in the North Korean capital Pyongyang in only the second such summit in the history of the divided Koreas – said Kim took issue with Seoul’s actions regarding international talks on the North’s nuclear programme.