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Koreans Called Upon to Have Strong National Self-Esteem

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, November 10 (KCNA) -- Koreans are a dignified nation which has glorified its history spanning five thousand years, proud of its excellence. National self-esteem is a noble spirit of the Korean nation. Rodong Sinmun Wednesday says this in a signed article.
    It goes on:
    The national self-esteem of the Korean people grew stronger as they acclaimed President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il as the leaders of the nation and the Koreans came to demonstrate its dignity to the world as a great nation blessed with the peerlessly great men.
    The national self-esteem of the Koreans means a strong spirit of national independence, the spirit of setting store by the national dignity and carving out the destiny of the nation by its own efforts, and the unshakable resolution and firm will not to allow anyone to hurt the national dignity even a bit.
    The army and the people of the DPRK won brilliant victories in the two revolutionary wars against the formidable imperialist enemies and built a powerful socialist state, independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in defence, despite all sorts of pressure of dominationist forces. This is a shining fruition of the spirit of national independence. The Workers' Party of Korea regarded the national character as a foundation and fully applied it to the struggle to achieve great national unity and national reunification.
    It is the national mettle of the Korean people not to allow anyone to infringe upon the sovereignty and dignity of the nation even a bit. The Korean people are fully demonstrating the national dignity and might in the great Songun era.
    Unshakable is the will of the Korean nation to settle the difficult situation prevailing on the Korean Peninsula and put spurs to the development of the national history through national cooperation.
    The U.S. is leaving no means untried to arrest the Korean nation's cause of independent reunification and realize its ambition to dominate the whole of Korea.
    The U.S. moves can never be tolerated as they are prompted by its national chauvinist tendency of looking down upon and despising the Korean nation.
    All the Koreans should have pride and self-confidence that the Korean nation is the best and strong national self-esteem that they can do anything when they get united under the banner of the Korean nation-first spirit.