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Index Korea, North Main Page Partition of Korea Leads to War Famine Overshadows Nuclear Ambitions Secretive Government Opens Up in Exchange for Aid Kim Jong Il and U.S. President Bush Engage in Diplomatic Roller Coaster North and South Korea Establish Closer Ties Uncertainty Surrounding Nuclear Program Continues Tension Between North and South Reaches Crisis Point Kim Jong-il Dies Kim Jong-un Launches Satellite and Tests Nuclear Device, Testing International Patience North Korea Threatens U.S., South Korea with War

North and South Korea Establish Closer Ties

In April 2007, Parliament fired Prime Minister Hong Song Nam and named former army and navy minister Kim Yong-Il as his successor.

For the first time in 56 years, trains passed between North and South Korea in May 2007. While the event was mostly symbolic, it was considered an important step toward reconciliation. South Korea hopes that eventually a trans-Korean railroad will provide easier access to other parts of Asia. Given North Korea's failing infrastructure, such a railroad, however, is years away from becoming a reality.

In Oct. 2007, Kim Jong Il and South Korean president Roh Moo Hyun met for their second ever inter-Korean summit. The leaders forged a deal to work together on several economic projects and agreed to move toward signing a treaty that would formally end the Korean War.

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