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Papers Editorially Observe Anniversary of Publication of June 15 Joint Declaration

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

   Pyongyang, June 15 (KCNA) -- Leading papers today editorially observe the 8th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration.
    Rodong Sinmun says: There took place in Pyongyang eight years ago the north-south summit meeting, the first of its kind in the history of national split, and it culminated in the adoption of the North-South Joint Declaration reflecting the aspiration and desire of all Koreans. This marked an event of special mention as it brought about a landmark turn in the movement for national reunification.
    The June 15 joint declaration is a programme for national unity based on the idea of "By our nation itself" and consistent with the patriotic spirit and a great programme for national reunification, the paper notes, stressing that the idea of "By our nation itself" has now become an idea representing patriotism and a message of the times as it is favored and followed by all Koreans desirous of unity and reunification irrespective of ideology, political view and ism.
    It is the proud appearance of the Korean nation in the June 15 era of reunification for all Koreans in the north and the south and overseas to thoroughly embody the idea of "By our nation itself," the principle of national independence, in the struggle for national reunification by pooling will and efforts.
    The struggle waged over the past eight years evidently proved that the Koreans can settle any problems arising in the movement for national reunification when they pool their efforts in the spirit of "By our nation itself." The path covered by the fruitful struggle for national reunification in the new century goes to prove the validity and vitality of the June 15 joint declaration and instills into the Koreans the firm conviction that it is possible to warm up the inter-Korean relations and achieve the peace of the country and prosperity common to the nation and reunification only when they bring about a surge in the June 15 era of reunification.
    How to approach the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration, a programme for implementing it, is a touchstone discerning independence from subjugation, peace from war and reunification from division. Intolerable is any ism and debate negating the above-said declarations and going against them.
    Minju Joson says that all the Koreans will wage a more vigorous nation-wide struggle for implementing the June 15 joint declaration and thus usher in a new era of independent reunification and peace and prosperity without fail.