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Rodong Sinmun Calls for National Independence and Reunification

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

    Pyongyang, February 23 (KCNA) -- Rodong Sinmun today in a signed article calls upon all the fellow countrymen in the north and the south and overseas to turn out in the struggle for national independence and reunification under the uplifted banner of "By our nation itself". 40 odd years of the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialists left a bitter lesson to the Korean nation that national sovereignty would keep the nation alive and help it glorify its dignity and honor, the paper says, and goes on:
    In order to achieve the cause of national reunification for national sovereignty all the fellow countrymen should unite as one to drive the foreign forces out of south Korea. It is because of the United States and the pro-American traitors that the south Korean people have been under the yoke of the foreign forces and subjected to submission and disgrace for over six decades.
    After the publication of the June 15 joint declaration the north and the south of Korea have conducted a dynamic movement for reunification by the concerted efforts of the nation itself to open a turning phase of the cause of national reunification. No doubt the movement for national reunification spread across the country in the idea of "By our nation itself" will be more powerfully conducted, displaying the strong desire of the nation for independent reunification.
    Reunification can not be achieved without independence. No foreign forces can ever block the Korean nation from vigorously advancing toward independent reunification under the banner of "By our nation itself". Those who follow and cooperate with the foreign forces of aggression are branded as traitors and experience disgrace, but those who devote themselves to defend national dignity and interests are hailed as patriots. Anyone who aspires after national reunification should be ardent patriotic fighter devoting himself to the emotional era of independent reunification.