Kumgang resort are the centerpieces of the South's misbegotten 'Sunshine Policy' of engagement with the North.

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Roh has staunchly backed a "sunshine policy" of engagement with the North.

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The South Korean leader also discussed his "sunshine policy" of greater openness with the North when he met U.S. President George W. Bush in February.

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Hong Won Tak, senior secretary for national security affairs, maintained the incident would not change the country's "sunshine" policy of seeking to engage North Korea or to cultivate business relations with it.

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Or perhaps the incursion represents a desire by some hardline elements in North Korea to sabotage the South's sunshine policy because of their fear that over time the North will be seduced into surrendering its sovereignty or altering its political system.

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For example, last week he served notice on South Korean President Kim Dae Jung that the latter's so-called "Sunshine Policy" of detente with North Korea could not be safely pursued with a regime in Pyongyang that was an unreliable partner in disarmament and other agreements.

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It has also been alleged that the South Korean government was aware and supportive of the fund transfers as a means of effectively bribing North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il to participate and, thereby, to advance the "Sunshine Policy" of his South Korean counterpart, then-President Kim daeJong.

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Shortly after taking office, Kim vigorously met political leaders of Western countries in a bid to gain support for his "Sunshine Policy" to establish relations with the North.

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He pursued the dream of "reconciliation and cooperation" and will be most remembered for the Sunshine Policy, instituted in 1998 after he took office as South Korea's leader.

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