Kim 's `` Sunshine Policy '' with North culminated in 2000 meeting with Kim Jong Il . Before winning the presidency , Kim struggled for decades as an opposition leader . The two leaders agreed to establish a new relationship between the U.S. and North Korea, which would include joint economic development of both countries as well as military cooperation. He was hospitalized more than a month ago for pneumonia . Despite Nobel Peace Prize , he failed to achieve economic reforms that he promised .
Kim 's `` Sunshine Policy '' with North culminated in 2000 meeting with Kim Jong Il . The two leaders agreed to establish a new relationship between the U.S. and North Korea, which would include joint economic development of both countries as well as military cooperation. He was hospitalized more than a month ago for pneumonia . Despite Nobel Peace Prize , he failed to achieve economic reforms that he promised .