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Defence of Peace, Vital Task of Korean Nation

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

   Pyongyang, August 10 (KCNA) -- Defending peace on the Korean Peninsula is a vital task for the peace and prosperity of the entire Korean nation and the reunification of the country, declares Rodong Sinmun in a signed article Friday.
    It goes on:
    Preventing a war and defending peace arise as vital tasks of all Koreans with greater urgency today when the danger of a new war is growing daily on the Korean Peninsula due to the outside forces' moves to provoke a war against the DPRK which have reached a dangerous phase.
    The U.S. hardliners are these days massively reinforcing aggression forces including means of nuclear strikes in and around south Korea, bringing forward the robber-like demand that the DPRK should scrap its "nuclear program" first, and they are pushing ahead with the restructuring of the U.S. combat force system in south Korea to cope with "a contingency" on the Korean Peninsula, thereby aggravating the situation.
    Some time ago, the U.S. announced that it would stage again in south Korea the "Ulji Focus Lens" joint military exercise, a large-scale war game against the DPRK.
    The U.S. is creating the danger of war while escalating military confrontation and tensions on the peninsula against the desire of the Koreans and the trend of the times. This situation urges the Koreans to hold as high as ever the banner of defense of peace. The Korean nation would suffer the nuclear holocaust imposed by the outside forces and its existence itself would be put in a danger, should it fail to frustrate the moves of the outsiders and their followers for a war of aggression.
    To thwart aggression and war moves and defend peace is a nationwide fighting task vital to the life and security of the Korean nation which experienced war disasters in the last century and has lived under a constant danger of war for over half a century and is facing a danger of war still today.
    It is impossible to successfully promote inter-Korean reconciliation and cooperation and the development of the movement for independent reunification without defending peace.