Two Koreas unification should be peaceful Rodong Sinmun.

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PYONGYANG, October 15 (Itar-Tass) - The unification of the two parts
of the Korean Peninsula should be carried out independently, peacefully
and on the basis of national unity, writes the Rodong Sinmun newspaper -
organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)
writes. In the view of the publication, the joint declarations of June 15
and October 4 reflect the aspirations of all Koreans rejecting
interference of outside forces in the process of the motherland's
unification.
According to the North's official Central News Agency (KCNA), the
three principles of national reunification set forth by the Workers' Party
of Korea -- independence, peaceful reunification and great national unity
- are the most just and patriotic principles, says Rodong Sinmun Thursday
in a signed article.
It is the invariable stand of the WPK to achieve the country's
reunification on the principle of national independence, the article says,
and goes on: the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration
correctly reflect the desire and demand of all Koreans for rejecting
foreign forces and realizing the independent reunification by the united
efforts of the nation. The adoption of these declarations, a reunification
program common to the nation, and the admirable success made in the
inter-Korean relations after it are a vivid demonstration of the validity
and vitality of the WPK's principle of independent reunification.
It is the consistent principle of the WPK to reunify the country in a
peaceful way.
The WPK has waged a dynamic struggle for national reunification under
the banner of peaceful reunification over the past 60 years. The proposal
for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Korea advanced by
President Kim Il Sung at the 6th Congress of the WPK is the most patriotic
and just proposal which embodied the principle of peaceful reunification.
Nothing is better than the federation proposal in realizing national
reunification. All Koreans at home and abroad are now making a vigorous
struggle to materialize the federation proposal clarified in the historic
June 15 joint declaration, zealously supporting it. This goes to prove the
validity of the WPK's principle of peaceful reunification.
It is the fundamental principle of national reunification advocated by
the WPK to realize the country's reunification by pooling efforts of all
Koreans.
The WPK regarded patriotism and the spirit of national independence as
basis for national unity. The 10-point programme of great unity of the
whole nation advanced by Kim Il Sung and the five-point policy for great
national unity set forth by General Secretary Kim Jong Il on the sacred
road for national unity have served as the banner of national
reconciliation and unity and as the guidelines of action.
"By our nation itself," the idea of national unity, became a steadfast
idea common to the nation and solidarity and alliance among the Koreans of
different strata at home and abroad for national reunification have grown
stronger than ever before on a nationwide scale. This is a shining
fruition of the WPK's energetic efforts for achieving the country's
reunification through the concerted efforts of the nation.
The June 15th North-South Joint Declaration was adopted during a visit
to Pyongyang by South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in 2000. He met North
Korean leader Kim Jong Il. North Korea regards this document as "a
historic landmark on the path to the motherland unification in the
interests of changes in the destiny of the whole Korean nation."
On October 4, 2007 North Korean Leader Kim Jon Il and South Korean
President Roh Moo-hyun signed an 8-point Declaration on the Advancement of
South-North Korean Relations, Peace and Prosperity. This document
summarised the results of the inter-Korean summit 2007. It calls for
ensuring peace between the two Koreas, joint prosperity and stopping
hostility in the military sphere.
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