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Tremendous Achievements Produced by Idea "By Our Nation Itself"

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, June 14 (KCNA) -- A tremendous change has taken place in the reunification movement of the Korean nation under the idea "by our nation itself" since the publication of the historical June 15 North-South Joint Declaration in Juche 89 (2000). The past four years have witnessed 14 rounds of north-south ministerial talks, nine rounds of meetings of North-South Committee for the Promotion of Economic Cooperation and other kinds of dialogue, contacts, cooperation and exchange between the north and the south in the political, economic and cultural fields.
    Pro-reunification functions had been held separately in the north and south. Since the publication of the joint declaration, however, functions marking June 15, August 15 liberation and other commemoration days common to the nation have been held as nation-wide ones, thus further consolidating solidarity and unity among many reunification movement organizations.
    The grand national symposium on the reunification held in June 2001with the participation of more than 460 representatives from some 210 political parties and organizations in the north, south and overseas, the August 15 national rally for reunification in 2002 and the grand festival for national reunification marking the third anniversary of the publication of the joint declaration, the March 1 national rally for peace and reunification and the August 15 national rally for peace and reunification in 2003 and other events fully demonstrated the will of the Korean nation to achieve the independent reunification with concerted efforts of the Korean nation.
    The participants in the conference of workers for national reunification in 2003, May Day reunification rally of workers for implementing the joint declaration in 2004, meeting of teachers, meeting of students and other inter-Korean events expressed their firm resolution to become vanguards in the pro-reunification movement.
    Meanwhile, historians in the north and the south have made all efforts to well preserve the priceless cultural assets showing the advantages of the nation and retake the national dignity with their united efforts and wisdom through several academic exchange including the north-south exhibition and symposium of the art of colorful painting, the north-south joint academic symposium to probe the truth behind Japan's distortion of the history of Korea.
    Sportspersons of the north and south marched together at the opening ceremonies of the 27th Olympic Games, the 14th Asian Games and the 22nd Universiad and other international tournaments with the Korean peninsula flag in their van. And boosters from both sides, through their joint cheering, fully demonstrated that the Korean nation was one which could not live, separated into two.
    Unimaginable before the publication of the joint declaration were such activities as projects for relinking the severed east and west coastal railways and roads, the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kaesong industrial zone, operation of the tourist resort of Mt. Kumgang famous in the world and opening of sea and air routes.
    All these are the brilliant fruition borne by the idea of "by our nation itself"