The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, has told a delegation from the European Union that he would maintain his country's moratorium on missile tests. According to the Swedish Prime Minister, Goran Persson, Mr Kim said that the moratorium on testing would last until 2003. Mr Persson said that Kim Jong-il also remained committed to a second summit with South Korea's President, Kim Dae-jung. But he told the delegation that this would only take place once US President, George W Bush, had completed his policy review on North Korea.
In a separate development, the son and heir apparent of Kim Jong-il is being held by Japanese authorities after he attempted to enter the country illegally. Kim Jong-nam was stopped when he attempted to use a fake Dominican Republic passport at Tokyo's Narita airport. He has reportedly entered Japan twice previously on a false passport.
