Cash-for-summit (Korean: 대북 송금 사건) is the name of a political scandal that broke in South Korea in February 2003 and revolved around the secret payment by the Kim Dae-jung administration to North Korea of USD$500 million to secure the landmark June 2000 North–South summit between the two Koreas. The payment, worth USD$500 million, was criticized by right wing groups of South Korea in particular.
Cash-for-summit (Korean: 대북 송금 사건) is the name of a political scandal that broke in South Korea in February 2003 and revolved around the secret payment by the Kim Dae-jung administration to North Korea of USD$500 million to secure the landmark June 2000 North–South summit between the two Koreas. The payment, worth USD$500 million, was criticized by right wing groups of South Korea in particular.
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