This combo shows file photos of South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun (L) addressing a press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, 08 March 2007, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (R) saluting to Korean People's Army soldiers marching in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. North and South Korea are to hold their first summit for seven years to promote peace on the peninsula, the two nations announced 08 August 2007. Getty Images logo Getty Images 30 months ago

This combo shows file photos of South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun (L) addressing a press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, 08 March 2007, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (R) saluting to Korean People's Army soldiers marching in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. North and South Korea are to hold their first summit for seven years to promote peace on the peninsula, the two nations announced 08 August 2007.

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  2. South Korea's former Prime Minister Han Myung-sook leaves the Roh Moo Hyun Foundation office to go to the prosecutors office as her supporters hold signs in Seoul December 18, 2009. Local Yonhap news agency reported that the former prime minister Han, who is suspected of receiving a large sum of money from a corrupt business executive, was arrested on Friday. The arrest came as Han repeatedly refused to appear before prosecutors to face questioning over allegations, Yonhap reported. A sign reads,"Political Prosecution Out".
  3. South Korea's former prime minister Han Myung-sook leaves the Roh Moo Hyun Foundation office to go to the prosecutors office as her supporters hold signs in Seoul December 18, 2009. Local Yonhap news agency reported that the former prime minister Han, who is suspected of receiving a large sum of money from a corrupt business executive, was arrested on Friday. The arrest came as Han repeatedly refused to appear before prosecutors to face questioning over allegations, Yonhap reported. A sign (L) reads,"We denounce invented investgation!".
  4. Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Myung-sook leaves former President Roh Moo-hyun's Foundation building for the prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Prosecutors arrested Han on Friday over an alleged bribery scandal, an official said, amid a deepening political standoff between ruling and opposition parties over next year's budget.
  5. Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Myung-sook, right, escorted by a prosecutor, second right, leaves former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's Foundation building past her supporters for the prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Prosecutors arrested Han on Friday over an alleged bribery scandal, an official said, amid a deepening political standoff between ruling and opposition parties over next year's budget. Signs held by the supporters read: "Out, politically-motivated prosecution.
  6. Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Myung-sook passes by a portrait of late former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun as she leaves the Roh Foundation building for the prosecutors office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. Prosecutors arrested Han on Friday over an alleged bribery scandal, an official said, amid a deepening political standoff between ruling and opposition parties over next year's budget.
  7. In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, looks at a gift presented to him by the top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui, left, during a meeting in an undisclosed location in North Korea.
  8. In this Monday, Feb. 8, 2010 photo provided by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service in Tokyo Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, smiles with top Chinese Communist Party official Wang Jiarui during a meeting in an undisclosed location in North Korea.
  9. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, walk together for their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010.
  10. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) and Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, walk together for their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010.
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  12. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (C) looks at gifts presented by Wang Jiarui (L), head of a delegation of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, during their meeting in Hamheung, northeast of Pyongyang on February 8, 2010 in this photo released by North Korea's KCNA news agency February 9, 2010.
  13. A South Korean woman looks at the portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, and Kim's late father Kim Il Sung at a unification observation post near the border village of the Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. North Korea celebrated a group of sailors as national heroes for sacrificing their lives to protect portraits of leader Kim Jong Il and his late father even as their ship went down off the Chinese coast last year, state-run media reported Friday.
  14. Portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, and Kim's late father Kim Il Sung hang at a unification observation post near the border village of the Panmunjom that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. North Korea celebrated a group of sailors as national heroes for sacrificing their lives to protect portraits of leader Kim Jong Il and his late father even as their ship went down off the Chinese coast last year, state-run media reported Friday.
  15. In this image made from APTN, people punch their fists into the air during a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in the capital Saturday to support the communist government's policies for the new year, including improved relations with the U.S. and South Korea and a higher standard of living.
  16. In this image made from APTN, people wave red flags during a march through Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in the capital Saturday to support the communist government's policies for the new year, including improved relations with the U.S. and South Korea and a higher standard of living.

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