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Rodong Sinmun on Way for Independent Reunification

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK via Korea News Service (KNS)

    Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) -- The independent reunification of the country desired by the Korean nation lies in adhering to the June 15 joint declaration and implementing it to the letter, says Rodong Sinmun Saturday in a signed article. Recalling that the August 15 grand national festival for independence, peace and reunification was successfully held on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Korea's liberation in the wake of the grand festival for national reunification, which took place in Pyongyang on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the June 15 joint declaration, the article says:
    The issue of national reunification can never be entrusted to the outside forces which divided the Korean nation into two. It is a foolish act to seek a solution to this issue with dependence on the outside forces which do not want the reunification of Korea. The national reunification is the cause of national independence that can be achieved only through the independent struggle of the Korean nation responsible for it. The historic June 15 joint declaration serves as a reunification program common to the Korean nation and a landmark for independent reunification as it fully reflects the independent demand and interests of the nation and the independent character of the reunification issue and calls for settling the issue independently by the concerted efforts of all the Koreans.
    After the publication of the joint declaration, unprecedented events and achievements have been registered in the inter-Korean relations and the struggle for national reunification. This brilliant reality evidently proves that to implement the joint declaration is the way for independent reunification.
    The ardent desire for reunification prevailing all over the Korean Peninsula in the era of independent reunification clearly shows that the June 15 joint declaration, the keynote of which is the spirit of "By our nation itself," is the banner of noble patriotism and independent reunification.