Koreas summit notebook: Roh's nose-picking, gifts to North Korean leader

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/03/asia/AS-GEN-Koreas-Summit-Notebook.php

SEOUL, South Korea: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun unwittingly offered a dose of laughter Wednesday to hundreds of reporters covering his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il: Huge TV screens caught him picking his nose.

Right after seeing off Kim following a break in their first round of formal talks at the main state guesthouse in Pyongyang, Roh used his right thumb and the index finger to pick a nostril, then closed his hand and put it behind his back.

Two wall-sized screens played the scene at a summit media center set up in Seoul, triggering a wave of laughter among hundreds of journalists forced to remain in South Korea and to remotely cover the historic summit across the border.

The giant screens are showing images of Roh's three-day trip to Pyongyang, which began Tuesday.

North Korea limited traveling reporters at the summit to 50 — all from South Korean domestic media — leaving international journalists reliant on the TV screens, sketchy pooled coverage stories and images from the traveling reporters.