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Vigorous Movement for Independent Reunification Called for

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

    Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- The August 15 grand festival for national reunification was successfully held and multi-faceted dialogues and contacts, cooperation and exchanges are brisk between the north and the south of Korea. This is a positive and encouraging development which proves that no desperate efforts on the part of the reactionaries at home and abroad can block the process of reconciliation, peace and independent reunification in the Korean Peninsula and the movement for achieving independent reunification in the spirit of "By our nation itself" is sure to triumph. Rodong Sinmun Tuesday says this in a signed article.
    It goes on:
    The joint slogans made public by the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the WPK call upon all the Korean people to achieve fresh successes and greater progress in the present struggle for independent reunification.
    It is, indeed, painful that the Korean nation has not yet achieved the country's reunification though 60 years have passed since its division.
    The national division that persists even in this new century has brought untold misfortune and pain to all Koreans, hindering the uniform development of the nation. It is a solemn call of history and an urgent demand of the times to bring about a fresh surge in the movement for independent reunification.
    Now is the time to more dynamically push ahead with the movement for national reunification on a new stage of development and bring about a landmark phase for independent reunification.
    It was a very timely and patriotic step that the joint slogans called for opening a landmark phase for independent reunification in this significant year. It is necessary to hold fast to the principle of national reunification and thoroughly implement the tasks laid down by the joint slogans. Doing so is a shortcut to advancing the movement for independent reunification to steady victory. The Korean nation's will for independent reunification is strong and their fighting spirit is sky-high. No force on earth can stand in the way of the Korean nation as it is equipped with the conscience of national independence and strong will for independent reunification.