Newspapers Call for Paving Broad Avenue to National Reunification

Pyongyang, June 15 (KCNA) -- The first north-south summit took place in Pyongyang and the June 15 joint declaration core of which is the idea of By Korean Nation Itself was adopted in June Juche 89 (2000) and it was the noteworthy event that laid the landmark for independent reunification and opened the historic turning point for national reunification, newspapers of the DPRK editorially say on Wednesday. Rodong Sinmun says the adoption of the June 15 joint declaration and great successes made in the subsequent period are the precious fruition of leader Kim Jong Il's idea and line for independent reunification and energetic leadership, and goes on: All Koreans are now faced with the important task for giving momentum to the strong trend of June 15 once again true to the three charters for national reunification and thus achieve independent reunification of the country. They should dynamically wage the struggle for peace against war in order to stop the warmongers at home and abroad from unhesitatingly bringing disaster of a nuclear war to this land. It is the principled stand of the DPRK re-clarified at the joint conference of its government, political parties and organizations to achieve independent reunification of the country by the peaceful means and federal formula under the unfurled banner of national independence and great national unity. Minju Joson calls upon all Koreans in the north and the south and abroad to turn out as one in the drive for carrying out the new line and policies for national reunification clarified by supreme leader Kim Jong Un and pave a broad avenue to national reunification by the concerted efforts of the Koreans. -0-