ROK may invite DPRK leader

Kim can attend summit if he dumps nukes

BERLIN - Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak said on Monday he was ready to invite Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-il to a security summit next year if the DPRK agreed to renounce nuclear weapons.

He said this would be a precondition for Kim's invitation to the nuclear summit next March, a follow-up meeting to one hosted by President Barack Obama in the United States last year.