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Talk about "Principal Enemy" Blasted

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, August 17 (KCNA) - An oft-repeated talk about the anachronistic "conception of the principal enemy" is nothing but an act against the nation and reunification which can be committed only by the anti-reunification conservative elements, who do not want the reconciliation and cooperation among the Koreans and are utterly indifferent to the reunification of the country. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in a signed article. The article goes on:
    The nation lives in the era of independent national reunification in which all Koreans strive to promote the reconciliation and cooperation between the north and the south and achieve independent reunification by their concerted efforts under the banner of the historic June 15 joint declaration. However, the fellow countrymen in the north are listed as "the principal enemy" and regarded with hostility in south Korea. It is quite unreasonable and abnormal from the national viewpoint and in the light of the trend of the times.
    It is, in fact, something deplorable and national disgrace to regard with hostility the fellow countrymen in the north, the dialogue partner for reunification, as "the principal enemy" and cooperate with outside forces, which has imposed the tragedy of division and all sorts of misfortune upon the Korean nation.
    The anti-reunification forces' opposition to the call for dropping the conception of "the principal enemy" only discloses their criminal attempt to stem the trend of the era of "By our nation itself", the era of the June 15 reunification, at any cost, maintain their old system of confrontation and thus realize their sinister political ambition.
    The call for an end to the conception of the "principal enemy" is in full line with the trend of the times towards reconciliation and cooperation as it reflects the spirit of national independence and cooperation.
    It is a touchstone discerning between patriotism and treachery, a stand for reunification and anti-reunification stance to work for national cooperation or oppose it and seek "cooperation" with outside forces.
    The south Korean authorities should clarify their stand on the conception of "the principal enemy" before the whole nation.
    It is hypocrisy and a deceptive and treacherous act going against the times and the nation to talk a lot about "reconciliation" and "cooperation," while regarding the north as "the principal enemy" and remaining hostile to it.
    The south Korean authorities should immediately drop the above-said conception and remove all sorts of institutional mechanism blocking the reconciliation and unity among Koreans.