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Article: South Korea's Roh heads to Pyongyang to meet Kim.(South Korea President Roh Moo Hyun, North Korea leader Kim Jong II)(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- October 1, 2007
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Byline: Donald Kirk Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Seoul, South Korea -- South Korea's President Roh Moo Hyun walks across the border into North Korea on Tuesday on a mission that analysts expect will be long on symbolism but short on deals - and is sure to arouse consternation among South Korea's many conservatives.
The source of that concern is not his step across the North-South line in the truce village of Panmunjom before going by road to Pyongyang.
Rather, it's Mr. Roh's decision to lead his 200-person delegation to a performance in Pyongyang's May First Stadium of the Arirang Festival in which tens of thousands of North ...