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All Koreans Called upon to Remain True to Idea of National Independence

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

   Pyongyang, January 11 (KCNA) -- National independence is a treasured sword for waging the movement for national reunification and carving out the destiny of the nation, says Rodong Sinmun today in a by-lined article. It goes on:
    For a nation to survive and develop it is necessary to firmly maintain independence among other things. The Korean nation should hold aloft the banner of independence as it is faced with a historic task to achieve national reunification.
    The June 15 era of reunification proves that national independence serves as a powerful treasured sword for waging the movement for national reunification and carving out the destiny of the nation.
    Today this movement has turned into a nationwide movement which involves authorities and civilians by bringing together Koreans from all walks of life in the north, the south and abroad. This is the brilliant fruition of the idea of national independence "By our nation itself." The idea of "By our nation itself" precisely means the idea of national independence.
    The Koreans should settle all the issues related to the national reunification and the destiny of the nation as required by the idea of "By our nation itself" under any circumstances by putting the destiny and interests of the nation above anything else.
    This is the idea of giving importance to the nation. Now that the U.S. is pressurizing the south Korean authorities to link the issue of inter-Korean economic cooperation with the nuclear issue and citing the non-existent "human rights issue" of the north in a bid to bedevil the inter-Korean ties having a viewpoint of attaching importance to the nation as required by the idea of "By our nation itself" at present presents itself as a more urgent issue than ever before.
    The joint New Year editorial notes that the grand celebration of June 15, the day when the inter-Korean joint declaration was published, as the "day of by our nation itself" should be made a tradition. This will strikingly demonstrate all the Koreans' will to always remain true to the idea of "By our nation itself". All the Koreans should wage a dynamic patriotic movement for independence and reunification under the uplifted banner of national independence.