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August 15 National Rally

KCNA

    Pyongyang, August 12 (KCNA) -- The Korean nation's fervor for reunification is warmer than the sunshine in August. The Koreans in the north, south and abroad are showing deep interests in the "August 15 National Rally for Peace and Reunification" to be held with splendor in Pyongyang on the occasion of the August 15 liberation of the country.
    The rally to be held on the subject "On preventing a war and defending peace by adhering to and implementing the June 15 joint declaration with the concerted efforts of the nation" from August 14 to 17 will include colorful functions such as meetings, sports and amusement games and stage performances beside the main rally.
    It will be a significant occasion in demonstrating the united strength of the Korean nation to smash the U.S. imperialists' moves for nuclear war against the DPRK and certainly achieve the country's reunification, its historic desire. The festivals of national reunification have left clear marks on the history of the national reunification movement by displaying the rock-firm patriotic will of the 70 million fellow countrymen.
    The First Pan-National Rally for peace and reunification of the country took place in Pyongyang in August 13 years ago on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the country's liberation.
    Since then joint reunification rallies of the nation were held in August every year. Notably, the 10th Pan-National Rally of Grand Reunification Festival in 1999 was the first political festival for the independence and great unity of the nation that realized the tripartite solidarity of Koreans in the north, south and overseas in the history of the nation's division.
    After the historic Pyongyang summit meeting and the publication of the June 15 joint declaration, the movement for national independence and reunification has covered the road of its development under the banner of "By our nation itself".
    Heated voices calling upon all the compatriots to pool their efforts and open a new history of the nation for independent reunification on this land rang out of the grand festivals of August 15 for reunification held in Pyongyang and Seoul in recent years.
    The venues of functions overflowing with confidence in hastening the advance toward independent reunification are an epitome of a reunified country.
    Delegates are coming to Pyongyang with the expectation that the August 15 national rally this year will be a significant and peculiar grand reunification festival to be conducive to accelerating national reunification.