Kim Jong Il shakes hands with South's Unification Minister Park

NORTH HAMGYONG PROVINCE, North Korea - Photo taken by a South Korean pool reporter shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il shaking hands with South Korean Unification Minister Park Jae Kyu on Sept. 1 at an undisclosed location on the east coast of North Hamgyong Province. Park took a seven-hour train ride from Pyongyang to the location where Kim was staying, and met with him for about three hours over breakfast. Park, who returned to Pyongyang at 6 p.m. the same day, came to Pyongyang Aug. 29 for the second round of bilateral ministerial talks.

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