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Korean People's Desire for Reunification Getting Stronger

KCNA

  Pyongyang, August 13 (KCNA) -- The August 15 National Rally for Peace and Reunification will be held here from August 14 to 17 with the participation of many Koreans in the north and from the south and abroad. The desire for reunification of the Korean people, the only nation in the world that is still suffering from the division of the country, finds its clear expression around August 15, the anniversary of the country's liberation, every year.
  Koreans in the north, south and abroad held the first pan-national rally for the peace and reunification of the country in August 1990, smashing obstructive moves of the U.S. imperialists and anti-reunification forces. The rally fully demonstrated the will of the Korean nation to reunify the country with concerted efforts. A march for the promotion of national reunification was also made from Mt. Paektu to Mt. Halla.
  Since then, ten pan-national rallies have been held and various kinds of pro-reunification events have taken place in the north, south and abroad on the occasion of the anniversary of the country's liberation.
  After the June 15 north-south joint declaration, the landmark of national reunification, was made public, the Korean people's aspiration after reunification has reached the climax.
  On the basis of the spirit of the declaration workers, peasants, youth, students, intellectuals, religionists and other people in the north and south have held pro-reunification functions in Pyongyang, Seoul, Mt. Kumgang and other places. Through the events, the north and the south have deeply felt that national cooperation is a natural thing and mode of existence for the Korean nation with the same blood, language, culture and history.
  On August 14, 2001 the monument to the three charters of national reunification was unveiled at the entrance of Thongil Street in Pyongyang.
  Last year's August 15 rally for national reunification took place in Seoul, the first of its kind in the south since the division of the country, participated in by many north and south Korean people of various social strata.
  Photo and art shows and other pro-reunification activities for the implementation of the joint declaration have also been organized.
  The Korean people are now making strenuous efforts for the reunification of the country, convinced that only with concerted efforts of the nation, can they build a unified country powerful, dignified and prosperous.