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Preservation of National Character Called for

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

   Pyongyang, September 6 (KCNA) -- National character serves as a priceless ideological and moral source for the existence and development of a nation and it is an essential requirement for carving out the destiny of the nation to actively preserve the national character.
    Rodong Sinmun Thursday observes this in a signed article.
    It says:
    Only when the Koreans preserve their national character in the struggle for the reunification of the country to achieve independence can they meet their desire and wish to live as a homogenous nation and further glorify its long history and culture.
    The Korean nation has been known to be stronger in patriotism and the spirit of national independence than others since olden times. Koreans have always loved their country very much and waged a strenuous struggle to defend the country and national independence.
    The Koreans are a homogenous nation to be proud of as they have long developed an ancient history and brilliant culture, carrying forward their 5,000-year long tradition. They are more advantageous in wisdom, skill and talent than others.
    The strong spirit of national independence and brilliant national cultural tradition serve as a valuable spiritual treasure and boon to carving out the destiny of the nation as the Koreans feel highly proud of them.
    The reunification of the country is the greatest task the implementation of which brooks not a moment's delay in carving out the destiny of the Korean nation and the cause of national reunification is the cause of national independence as it can be achieved only through its concerted efforts.
    It is self-evident truth that the cause of national reunification, the cause of national independence, would have been unthinkable without national character just as the homogenous Korean nation would have been unthinkable without the national character.
    The desire of the fellow countrymen to firmly preserve the national character is stronger as the days go by and this serves as an engine promoting national unity and reunification.
    The adoption of the historic June 15 North-South Joint Declaration provided all the Koreans with an occasion of encouraging them to preserve the homogeneity and identity of the nation.
    The article calls on all Koreans in the north and the south and overseas to strive hard to expedite national unity and the reunification of the country on the basis of the national character irrespective of ideology and social system.