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Koreans Called upon to Give Full Play to Spirit of National Independence

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

   Pyongyang, November 19 (KCNA) -- A strong sense of national independence and self-respect of the Korean nation serve as a powerful engine dynamically propelling the cause of the reunification of the country, Rodong Sinmun Monday stresses this in a signed article.
    It goes on:
    The cause of national reunification to rejoin the ties of the nation divided into the north and the south and achieve national unity is a matter pertaining to the Korean nation itself and one related to its sovereignty.
    When the principle of national independence is strictly abided by in all fields of the movement for national reunification including the promotion of the reconciliation and unity of the entire nation and the improvement of the north-south relations, its success and victory are sure to be achieved.
    This is clearly proved by the stirring reality ushered by the history of the Korean nation in which the tremendous attraction and vitality of the June 15 joint declaration, declaration for independent national reunification, have been fully displayed.
    The awareness of national independence serves as an ideological power as it makes the nation strong and helps all members of the nation fulfill their role as a driving force for the cause of reunification. Flunkeyism and the idea of depending on outsiders are ideas as harmful as poison as they make the nation subservient and weak and do great harm to the cause of reunification.
    Only when all the Koreans in the north and the south and overseas resolutely oppose and reject flunkeyism and dependence on outsiders with transparent spirit of national independence can they independently solve the reunification problem of the country to meet their will and interests.
    They are directly responsible for the movement for national reunification. So, only when they strengthen the driving force for reunification united close under the banner of the great national unity, can they decisively frustrate the moves of anti-reunification forces at home and abroad and dynamically advance the movement for independent reunification. All the fellow countrymen in the north and the south and overseas are full of firm determination and will to pool their intention and strength to defend peace on this land and achieve the reunification of the country and national prosperity and development.