Eyes on the Prize: Second North-South Summit Announced, Postponed Due to DPRK Floods

As bodies of North Korean dead floated across the demilitarized zone into the South after massive flooding swept through the DPRK, North Korea requested a postponement of the second inter-Korean summit until October 2-4. The summit, the first between President Roh Moo-hyun and Chairman Kim Jong-il was originally scheduled for August 28-30 in Pyongyang after two secret trips by Kim Man-bok, chief of the National Intelligence Service in August. Reflecting the severity of the flooding, North Korea cancelled its Arirang Mass Games and put the military in charge of clean-up as well.