The Korea Times has an interview with noted North Korean apologist Selig Harrison who continues to pimp himself out for the North Koreans. Here is an excerpt of one of the questions asked to Harrison:

Q: In your dialogue with Pyongyang’s leadership, what was their perception of President Lee?

A: I found that there was a great impact in North Korea caused by the change in policy by President Lee. I don’t think it was realized in South Korea and the U.S. The main point is that Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun had two summit meetings in Pyongyang and there were declarations. The first declaration by Kim Dae-jung was taken particularly seriously in North Korea. North Koreans regarded it as a fundamental change of the South Korean policy on the North.

Before Kim Dae-jung went to North Korea, the North Korean perception was that South Korea wanted to destabilize North Korea, bring about its collapse and gradually absorb it so that unification would occur under South Korean domination.

They then considered the summit declaration as the fundamental change in its relations with the South because it talked about confederation. So this was very important in the North.  [Korea Times via Tom Coyner]

What I find interesting is that the North Koreans are complaining about the South Koreans not keeping agreements when they are by far one of the worst violators of signed agreements in the entire world.  If the North Koreans want Lee Myung-bak to honor the two Inter-Korean Summit agreements, they can start by keeping one of the main agreements they made, which is that Kim Jong-il would visit Seoul.  The South Koreans should demand that until Kim Jong-il honors his agreement and visits Seoul then they will not anything else remaining in the two summit agreements.  Why the South Korean government doesn’t emphasize that Kim Jong-il should keep his promise and visit Seoul is beyond me.