Many South Koreans look fondly on what President Kim called his sunshine policy of uncritically engaging the North, saying it transformed the relationship between the two.
VOA: standard.2009.08.21
Roh has staunchly backed a "sunshine policy" of engagement with the North.
Hong Won Tak, senior secretary for national security affairs, maintained the incident would not change the country's "sunshine" policyof seeking to engage North Korea or to cultivate business relations with it.