KIM JONG IL
LET
US CARRY OUT THE GREAT LEADER COMRADE
KIM IL SUNG'S
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR NATIONAL
REUNIFICATION
August
4, 1997
Our people will
soon greet the 52nd anniversary of the
liberation of our country, the historic
event of the beginning of a new life the
great leader Comrade Kim
Il
Sung brought to our
nation. On this occasion our people look
back with warm hearts upon the tireless
efforts and the great achievements the
respected leader made for the
reunification of our country for half a
century ever since the day of national
liberation.
The great leader
Comrade Kim Il
Sung strongly desired
and worked hard all his life for the
reunification of our country. He was
unhappy more about the national sufferings
caused by national division than about
anything else, and took all the pains and
put his heart and soul into the cause for
national reunification till the last
moment of his life in order to hand down a
reunified country to posterity.
To reunify the
country in accordance with the noble idea
of respected Comrade Kim
Il
Sung is the
revolutionary duty and moral obligation of
our party and our people. It is a sacred
national task devolving upon our
generation. No matter what kind of
difficulties and obstacles may stand in
the way of national reunification, we must
carry out the great leader Comrade Kim
Il
Sung's
instructions for national reunification
and fulfil
the responsibility and duty our generation
has assumed before the country and nation.
1
The great leader
Comrade Kim Il
Sung is the sun of our
nation and the lodestar of national
reunification. He devoted all his life to
the country and nation and made
imperishable achievements in the cause of
national reunification. By his preeminent
ideas and leadership he pioneered the
cause of national reunification, guided it
victoriously, laid solid foundations to
realize it, and opened the bright
prospects for the reunification of the
country.
The question of
national reunification arose as a result
of the division of the country by foreign
forces at the end of the Second World War.
The history of half a century since the
division of the country into north and
south is a history of an acute struggle
between the two conflicting lines of
reunification and division, patriotism and
treachery, and a history of the victory of
patriotic forces that aspire after
national reunification.
Ever since the
division of the country, the great leader
Comrade Kim Il
Sung regarded national
reunification as the supreme task of our
nation, consistently maintained the line
of one Korea,
the line of reunification, wisely led the
struggle to reunify the country and
strengthened and developed the
reunification movement into a nationwide
movement.
The line of
national reunification proposed and
invariably maintained by the great leader
is a line of thorough national
independence for the complete sovereignty
and independence of the country and nation
and a truly patriotic line for the
development of the country to be reunified
and for national prosperity.
The question of the
reunification of our country is a question
of putting an end to the foreign
domination and intervention of south
Korea, establishing national sovereignty
throughout the country, linking again the
blood ties of the divided nation, and
realizing unity as one nation. If our
nation, which has lived as a homogeneous
nation in the same land for thousands of
years, remains divided by foreign forces,
it will be impossible to avoid national
misfortune and calamities and free itself
from foreign domination and subjugation.
Reunification is
the only correct way to establish the
complete sovereignty of the country and
nation, brighten the nation's dignity and
honor, and achieve the prosperity of the
country and nation. The line of
reunification enjoys unreserved support
from all the Korean people because it
reflects the fundamental interests and
demand and unanimous wish and aspiration
of our nation.
In the complex and
difficult situation in which the U.S.
imperialists' occupation of south
Korea and the maneuvers of divisive forces
at home and abroad against reunification
were continuing, respected Comrade Kim
Il Sung maintained the
line of reunification firmly and
consistently and led the reunification
movement on his initiative.
While strengthening
the northern half of Korea
into a bulwark for national reunification,
the great leader ensured that the people
in the northern half gave active support
and encouragement to the south
Korean people in their patriotic struggle
for independence, democracy and national
reunification without forgetting them even
for a moment.
He thwarted the
challenge and the maneuvers of the
divisive forces at home and abroad against
reunification at every step and developed
the reunification movement steadily. It
was our leader who developed the
nationwide struggle to frustrate the
maneuvers of the flunkeyist
and treacherous forces to keep the country
divided by convening the historic joint
conference of the representatives of
political parties and public organizations
from north and south Korea in the grim
days when "separate elections and a
separate government" were being cooked up
in the name of the UN in south Korea
immediately after liberation; it was our
leader who roused all the Korean people to
the struggle to check and thwart the
maneuvers of the divisive elements for
"two Koreas" at a time when a sharp
antagonism and struggle were going on
between two lines, one for one Korea and
the other for "two Koreas", in our
country; it was also our leader who opened
the way to dialogue and negotiations
between the north and south which were in
a frozen state, ensured success in
adopting the north-south joint statement
and agreements and opened a new phase in
the movement to reunify the country.
The great leader,
who had immeasurably noble love for the
country and nation, passed not a day
without being concerned over the question
of national reunification, nor did he take
a single day's rest in peace. Comrade Kim
Il
Sung worked
energetically to strengthen international
support for and solidarity with the
movement for national reunification.
Thanks to his
strenuous external activities, the
validity of our party's line of national
reunification was widely known to
political, public and press circles in
various countries, international concern
for the question of Korea's
reunification increased, and the world
progressive people's support for and
solidarity with the movement for our
country's reunification grew stronger.
Thanks to the great meritorious service
rendered by the respected leader Comrade Kim
Il Sung who adhered to the
line of national reunification and devoted
all his efforts to the reunification of
the country, the reunification movement
continued to develop, sweeping away the
obstructive moves of the divisive forces,
and became an indestructible force. The
ardent desire of the nation for the
reunification of the country is growing
higher with each passing day, and all the
Koreans in the north, south and abroad
have turned out for the movement to
reunify the country. The
development of the reunification movement
into a powerful nationwide movement as we
see today and its advance in the midst of
worldwide interest and support and
encouragement from the progressive people
prove a brilliant victory of the line of
reunification over the line of division.
The great leader
Comrade Kim Il
Sung set forth the
three charters for national reunification
which clarified the fundamental principles
and methods of national reunification, and
provided the guideline that must be
maintained in accomplishing the cause of
national reunification.
The three
principles of independence, peaceful
reunification and great national unity are
the cornerstones for national
reunification which manifested the
fundamental standpoint and fundamental way
of solving the problem of national
reunification by the efforts of the nation
and in keeping with its will and
interests.
The three
principles of national reunification are
the great common program of the nation
which the north and south confirmed in
their July 4 Joint Statement and
proclaimed solemnly to the public at home
and abroad.
The ten-point
program of the great unity of the whole
nation for the reunification of the
country is a political program to
strengthen the motive force of national
reunification by achieving the unity of
the entire nation. This program clearly
shows the objective and the ideological
basis of great national unity and its
principles and methods in an all-round
way.
The plan of
establishing the Democratic Federal
Republic of Koryo is
a blueprint that shows the full picture of
the state to be reunified and the method
of its realization. It indicates the basic
method of reunifying the country most
reasonably and smoothly on the basis of
tolerating the ideas and systems of the
north and the south. The three principles
of national reunification, the ten-point
program of the great unity of the whole
nation and the plan of establishing the
DFRK constitute the three charters for
national reunification by which Comrade Kim
Il Sung elaborated the
basic principles and methods of national
reunification into an integral system on
the basis of his great Juche idea and his
valuable experience of the struggle to
reunify the country.
The three charters
of national reunification are permeated
with the spirit of national independence
regarding national sovereignty and dignity
as lifeblood and embody his noble love for
the country and nation and for reunifying
the country peacefully by achieving
north-south reconciliation and the great
unity of the entire nation. The three
charters clarify the fairest and most
reasonable and rational way of reunifying
the country at the earliest date in
keeping with the real conditions in our
country where different ideas and systems
exist in its north and south for a long
time and in accordance with the entire
nation's aspirations to reunification.
Because the great leader provided the
three charters of national reunification,
our nation is in a position to develop the
struggle for national reunification with
the clear objective, direction, confidence
and courage and to realize its cherished
desire for its reunification successfully
by its united effort. The three charters
of national reunification are, indeed, the
banner of national reunification as well
as the justest
and most realistic fighting program for
reunifying the country independently and
peacefully.
The great leader
Comrade Kim Il
Sung rallied the entire
nation under the banner of great national
unity, prepared the driving force of
national reunification and strengthened it
further. Our nation is the motive force of
reunifying the country, and its strength
lies in great national unity. When our own
force of reunification is prepared, the
victory of the cause of national
reunification is assured.
Regarding
patriotism and the spirit of national
independence as the basis of national
unity, Comrade Kim
Il Sung made it the
principle of great national unity to
subordinate everything to the cause of
national reunification, transcending the
differences in thoughts, ideas, political
views and religion, and led all the people
aspiring after reunification, regardless
of their past records, to the way for
reunification and patriotism with great
generosity and magnanimity.
He put forward the
slogan for national unity, "Those with
strength, devote their strength; those
with knowledge, offer their knowledge; and
those with money, contribute their money!"
and encouraged the Korean people from all
walks of life to help towards the cause of
national reunification, with the mind of
loving the country and the nation. His
thoughts and ideas of great national unity
and his noble love for humanity and the
nation were the source of strength that
encouraged the Korean compatriots from all
sections to set out courageously on the
road of national unity and national
reunification. Comrade Kim
Il
Sung attached great
importance to forming the all-nation
united front and energetically led the
work of uniting the reunification forces
in the north, south and abroad.
Basing himself on
the experience of the anti-Japanese
national united front during the
anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, he
put forward the policy of forming the
great national united front for the
country's reunification and wisely guided
the struggle to implement it. As a result,
a great advance was made in the work for
organizing the compatriots in the north,
south and abroad under the banner of
national reunification.
When the movement
for the reunification of the country
developed into a movement involving all
the nation and their ardent desire for
national reunification soared as never
before, a Pan-National Rally representing
the Koreans in the north, south and abroad
was held and the National Alliance for the
Country's Reunification representing the
reunification will of the entire nation
was born.
The formation of
the National Alliance for the Country's
Reunification is an important success
achieved in strengthening the motive force
of the country's reunification and
developing the reunification movement onto
a higher stage.
Today the motive
force of reunification and patriotism is
expanded and strengthened on a national
scale involving the north, south and
abroad and cemented more firmly; it is
advancing vigorously towards the
independent and peaceful reunification of
the country, overwhelming the flunkeyist,
treacherous, divisive forces.
The exploits which
the great leader Comrade Kim
Il
Sung accomplished on
the road of the country's reunification is
the priceless heritage for our people and
nation and a solid foundation on which to
reunify the country. His life-long efforts
dedicated to the country and nation and
his great services to the noble cause of
national reunification and independence
will shine for ever in the history of our
country.
2
Reunifying the
country in our generation without fail by
carrying forward the cause of the
country's reunification pioneered and
guided by the great leader Comrade Kim
Il
Sung is a firm decision
of our Party and a revolutionary will of
our people.
The territorial
partition and the division of the nation
lasting over half a century are
obstructing the uniform development of our
nation with a history of 5,000 years and
causing immeasurable misfortunes and
sufferings to all
our nation.
If we fail to
reunify the country in our generation, the
new generations will also suffer the
tragedy of national division, even the
national community between the north and
the south will disappear and the nation
will remain divided for ever. When the
imperialist colonial system has collapsed
and all the countries and nations that
were once oppressed are advancing along
the road of independence, it is an
intolerable national shame that our nation
that values its dignity and honor as
lifeblood has to see its sovereignty
trampled upon by foreign forces.
We
must achieve the cause of the country's
reunification, the lifelong will of
respected Comrade Kim
Il
Sung and the vital
demand of the nation. National
reunification is the greatest national
task that must not be delayed any longer.
We must reunify the
country at all costs and put an end to the
tragic history of national division, the
history of disgrace. By reunifying the
country, we must save the destiny of the
nation from the crisis, hand down the
reunified country to the coming
generations and defend and exalt the
dignity and honor of the nation.
In order to reunify
the country, we must defend the
imperishable achievements which the great
leader Comrade Kim
Il
Sung made for national
reunification all his life and carry out
the Juche-orientated line and policy for
national reunification.
The three charters
for the country's reunification set forth
by the great leader are the programmatic
guide which all
our nation that
desires reunification must support. The
specific method may change in the struggle
for the country's reunification with the
change in the situation, but the basic
principles and standpoint for the
country's reunification can never change.
In the future we must reunify the country
on the basis of the three charters for the
country's reunification no matter how the
situation and circumstance may change. To
maintain the Juche character and preserve
the national character in shaping the
destiny of the country and the nation is a
principled requirement for the country's
independence, sovereignty and growth in
its wealth and strength and for the
prosperity of the nation.
By adhering to the
Juche character and the national character
and brilliantly embodying them during the
whole period of his leadership of our
revolution, the great leader Comrade Kim
Il Sung achieved the
historic cause of national liberation,
established a powerful socialist state
that is independent, self-sufficient and
self-reliant in defense and ensured the
display of our nation's unfathomable
strength, talent and unbreakable spirit to
the whole world.
The lines and
charters for the country's reunification
advanced by Comrade Kim
Il
Sung are motivated by
the principled requirement for adhering to
the Juche character and the national
character and are permeated with them.
To thoroughly
maintain and embody the Juche character
and the national character in the struggle
for the reunification and independence of
the country is the basic guarantee for
reunifying the country successfully in
accordance with the interests and desire
of our nation. The country must be
reunified at all events on the principle
of national independence. Maintenance of
the principle of national independence is
fundamental to adhering to the Juche
character and the national character.
All nations have
the right to shape their destiny by their
own hands and independently according to
their will.
Nobody can deprive
a nation of its right to independence or
infringe upon it. Since the reunification
of our country is an affair of our nation
and concerns its right to independence,
our nation must achieve it by its own
efforts as the master in accordance with
its independent will and desire. In order
to reunify the country on the principle of
national independence, all the members of
the nation must arm themselves firmly with
the consciousness of national independence
and thoroughly oppose and reject
flunkeyism and the idea of dependence on
foreign forces.
The consciousness
of national independence is an ideological
strength which makes the nation powerful
and the country prosper, whereas
flunkeyism and the idea of dependence on
foreign forces are an ideological poison
that makes a nation disgraceful and
powerless.
That flunkeyism and
the idea of dependence on foreign forces
lead to the ruin of the nation is the
serious and bitter lesson our nation
learned through a long history of national
suffering. Our country was occupied by the
Japanese imperialists, the early communist
movement failed, and the nationalist
movement suffered frustration because, in
the final analysis, of flunkeyism which
meant disbelieving its own strength and
grovel before big powers. Even after the
liberation of the country, the successive
rulers of south
Korea committed anti-reunification
treachery to the country and the nation,
with the backing of the United States,
following its aggressive policy.
Attempting to find
a solution to the problem of national
reunification and to win back the
sovereignty of the nation by depending on
foreign forces is a foolish act which is
tantamount to putting one's neck into the
noose of slavery of its own accord.
In order to keep
the sovereignty and dignity of the nation
and to reunify the country in accordance
with the will and interests of the nation,
we must reject flunkeyism and dependence
on foreign forces and resolutely fight
against the aggression and interference of
foreign forces. We will never allow any
attempt to realize an aggressive and dominationist
ambition through interference in our
country's reunification.
We must struggle
more strongly for the country's
reunification upholding the banner of
national independence and thus achieve the
complete independence and sovereignty of
the country and the nation. In order to
reunify the country independently, we must
build up the force of our own nation. The
great unity of the entire nation is the
decisive guarantee for the independent and
peaceful reunification of the country.
Our nation is
directly responsible for national
reunification, and no one can take our
place in the struggle to reunify our
country. Only when the entire nation is
united firmly under the banner of great
national unity and strengthens the driving
force of national reunification can we
defeat the attempts of the divisive forces
at home and abroad and accomplish the
cause of the country's reunification. In
order to achieve great national unity we
should put the common interests of the
nation above all else, relegating the
differences in thoughts, ideas and systems
to the background, and hold fast to the
principle of uniting on this basis. The
country's reunification is not a matter of
settling any class contradictions within
our nation or antagonism between social
systems; it is the national cause of
establishing the nation's sovereignty all
over the country. No class or stratum can
exist outside the nation and no
independence for the members of the nation
can be ensured without the independence of
the nation.
Today when
reunifying the country is the supreme task
of the nation, no class or stratum should
place their interests above the common
national interests. No matter how great
the difference in ideologies and systems
existing in the north and south may be, it
cannot be greater than our national
community which has been formed and
consolidated and developed over a long
period of history. When the north and the
south put the national community and the
common national interests to the fore and
desire the country's reunification, they
can achieve the great unity of the entire
nation transcending differences in
ideologies and social systems.
Love for the
country and the nation is the common
ideological feeling of all members of the
nation and the ideological basis of
national unity. To love ardently the
country and the nation and value most the
national dignity are our nation's proud
tradition and the national
characteristics. Anyone who has the blood
and soul of the Korean nation must
treasure and preserve the admirable
national character of the Korean people.
Today the true
value and worth of life for the Koreans
lie in linking their destiny with the
destiny of the nation and devoting
themselves heart and soul to the noble
cause of the country's reunification and
independence and the prosperity of the
nation. Everyone who loves the country and
the nation and is concerned over their
destiny whether he or she lives in the
north, in the south or abroad, must unite
firmly under the banner of national
reunification, regardless of the
differences in ideologies and ideas,
religious beliefs and political views,
class and stratum.
We maintain that
the north and the south join their efforts
to promote co-existence, co-prosperity and
common interests and achieve the great
cause of the country's reunification
transcending the differences in ideologies
and social systems. We will join hands
with those who take the road of national
reunification with national conscience,
regardless of their ideas and religious
beliefs, and even if they are capitalists,
army generals or high authorities. Even
those who have committed crimes against
the nation in the past, if they repent of
their mistakes and come round to the side
of the nation, we will cross off all
their
past, treat them with generosity and unite
with them.
Our Party's line
and policy for great national unity
constitute all-embracing politics based on
love for the country, nation and people.
Our consistent policy is to pursue
all-embracing politics invariably in the
whole process of the struggle for the
reunification, independence, and
prosperity of the country. The line of
great national unity which fully embodies
the idea of love for the country, nation
and people has fully demonstrated its
validity and vitality in the
long-drawn-out struggle for the
restoration of the fatherland, for the
building of a new society and for national
reunification. We will respect the
ideologies, ideas and religions of all
parties, organizations and people that
aspire after patriotism and turn out for
the cause of reunification, and unite with
them, thereby fulfilling our duty and
remaining loyal to the nation.
Reunifying the
country in a peaceful way without recourse
to the armed forces is our principled
position and the consistent line of our
Party. There is no reason why we fellow
countrymen should fight among ourselves on
the question of national reunification.
The difference in thoughts and systems
existing in the north and the south is not
a ground for the use of armed forces.
One cannot accept
any idea and system under coercion and the
difference in ideologies and systems
between the north and the south cannot be
abolished by a coercive method. If the
north and the south fight against each
other, our nation will suffer the ravages
of war and the imperialists will profit
from it. The peaceful reunification of Korea
is not only the desire of our nation but
also the aspiration of the peace-loving
people of the world.
Everyone who loves
the country and nation and values peace
must exert all his or her efforts for the
peaceful reunification of the country. In
order to ensure peace in the Korean Peninsula
and achieve the peaceful reunification of
the country we must oppose the moves
towards aggression and war and eliminate
the danger of war. Without the struggle
against the moves towards aggression and
war, it would be impossible to ensure
peace and think of peaceful reunification.
At present, the
maneuvers of the United States
and the south
Korean rulers against socialism and our
Republic have aggravated the tension and
created the danger of war breaking out in
the Korean Peninsula
any minute.
The question of
easing the tension and removing the danger
of war in our country can be settled,
before all else, when the United States
gives up its hostile policy against our
republic and a peace treaty is concluded
between the DPRK and the U.S.
Our Republic and the United States
are still in the state of temporary
armistice and the danger of war has not
been dispelled from our country. In order
to remove the danger of war and ensure
peace, a peace treaty must be concluded
between DPRK and the United States
and a new peace-keeping mechanism must be
established. In addition, it is imperative
to reaffirm the nonaggression agreement
between the north and the south already
published to the world and implement it
thoroughly.
Although the United States
clamors about "the end of Cold War" and
"easing of the tension", it is invariably
resorting to the "policy of power",
threatening us with ceaseless military
exercises and aggressive maneuvers and
instigating the south
Korean rulers to war provocation
hullabaloo. Trying to bring us to our
knees by military threat or pressure is a
foolish attempt and a dangerous act.
We will defend our
socialism firmly and never tolerate anyone
to infringe upon the sovereignty and
dignity of our nation. Strengthening the
revolutionary armed forces to defend the
security of the country and people against
the moves of the imperialists and the south
Korean rulers to provoke a war is a
natural step to self-defense. The
imperialist war-maniacs should refrain
from attempting to test our military power
by means of their armed forces or to
frighten or bring our people to their
knees by military threat and provocations.
Such a reckless act
will be a dangerous adventure which may
end in inviting a terrible catastrophe to
themselves.
We never want war; we are making
consistent efforts to reunify the country
peacefully. The most reasonable way to
settle the question of Korean
reunification smoothly is to reunify the
country on the basis of federation. Our
nation wants to reunify the country as
soon as possible in a reasonable way
acceptable to everyone. Over half a
century has passed since the different
systems were established in the north and
the south.
If, in these
circumstances, one side tries to reunify
the country under its system, it will
further aggravate the state of division,
let alone reunification, and end in an
irretrievable national disaster. In view
of the urgent requirement of our nation
and the situation in the country, the best
way to reunify the country as soon as
possible is to establish a unified
nation-state of federation based on one
nation, one state, two systems and two
governments. Reunification through
federation is a fair and rational way for
reunification which does not attach weight
to the advantages or interests of only one
side or harm any side. Federal
reunification will also contribute to
removing the danger of war always hanging
over the Korean Peninsula
and ensuring peace and security of the
world.
If the country is
reunified by federation, our nation will
establish sovereignty throughout the
country and achieve great unity as one
nation; our
country will become a unified
nation-state, independent, peace-loving
and neutral. The reunified federal state
will not infringe upon the interests of
neighboring countries and threaten them.
We will advance dynamically along the road
of national reunification under the banner
of the three charters of national
reunification set forth by the great
leader Comrade Kim
Il
Sung without a
slightest vacillation in any difficulty
and trial.
3
Improving the
relations between the north and the south
is an urgent requirement for achieving the
independent and peaceful reunification of
the country.
Only when the
relations between the north and the south
are converted from the relations of
distrust and confrontation into those of
trust and reconciliation, can the country
be reunified independently and peacefully
by the united efforts of the whole nation.
The trend of national reunification is now
mounting unprecedentedly,
but the relations between the north and
the south are more strained and acute than
ever before. The present south Korean
authorities who do not care a straw about
the destiny of the nation and national
reunification are trying to find a way out
by aggravating tension and confrontation
between the north and the south, being
afraid of their power foothold being
shaken to its roots; they have pushed
north-south relations into a critical
state and are unprecedentedly
intensifying warmongering maneuvers
against the north in collusion with
foreign forces. Since the appearance of
the present "regime" in south
Korea, confrontation has been aggravated
between the north and the south instead of
reconciliation, and the danger of war
increased instead of peace. Having thrown
the north-south relations into the worst
state is an indelible anti-reunification
crime and a treachery to the country and
nation committed by the present south
Korean authorities.
In order to improve
the relations between the north and the
south and effect a change towards national
reunification, the south Korean
authorities, before anything else, should
desist from depending on foreign forces
and "cooperating" with them, oppose and
reject them by uniting the efforts with
their fellow countrymen from the stand of
national independence. National
independence or dependence on foreign
forces is a touchstone which distinguishes
reunification from division, patriotism
from treachery. If anyone takes the road
of "cooperating" with foreign forces by
depending on them, turning his back on the
nation and shutting his eyes to the
nation's own force, he will be forsaken by
the nation and punished by history.
Only when the south
Korean authorities take the stand of
national independence and patriotism, can
the relations between the north and the
south will develop into the relations of
trust and reconciliation and a
breakthrough be made for national
reunification. The south
Korean authorities must change their
policy and take the stand of national
independence which values and depends on
the nation; they must adopt a policy of
shaping the destiny of the country and the
nation by joining efforts with their
fellow countrymen.
Removing the
political confrontation between the north
and the south is a prerequisite for
improving the relations between the north
and the south.
Only when it is
removed, can the military confrontation be
eliminated and further, national
reconciliation and unity be realized. The
south
Korean authorities must have a true sense
of national fellowship, change their
hostile anti-north confrontation policy
into reconciliation policy of alliance
with the north; they must refrain from
creating misunderstanding and distrust
between the north and the south and
hampering national reconciliation and
unity. Military confrontation, in addition
to political confrontation, must be
removed to ease tension. The military
confrontation between north and south
gives rise to distrust and
misunderstanding between fellow countrymen
and makes it impossible to trust and
reconcile each other; it will also
aggravate tension and lead to national
calamity. Without removing military
confrontation is it impossible to improve
the north-south relations and expect peace
in the Korean Peninsula
and peaceful reunification. In south
Korea, at present, they are clamoring
about fictitious "threat to invade the
south".
However, it is not
the "threat to invade the south" but the
threat to invade the north that really
exists in our country. Were it not for the
threat to invade the north, the military
confrontation between north and south
would be removed. The south
Korean authorities must abandon their
dangerous war policy and ease tension. In
south
Korea they must stop arms build-up and the
import of weapons from abroad, discontinue
the joint military exercises with the
foreign armed forces and refrain from
committing reckless military provocations.
In order to remove
the confrontation between north and south
and promote national reconciliation and
unity, the social and political life in south
Korea must be democratized.
Whoever comes into
power, as long as the fascist rule
continues in south
Korea, it will be impossible to remove the
confrontation between north and south or
to think of free discussion and activity
for national reunification by political
parties, groups and people from all walks
of life in south Korea.
Worse still, as long as the wicked law
against the nation and reunification, like
the " National Security Law" which defines
the same race as the enemy, regards it as
criminal to have a contact and exchange
among the people and persons from various
circles in the north and the south and
suppresses the patriotic forces for
reunification in south Korea, national
reconciliation, unity and the contact and
exchange between the north and south will
never be realized.
The tortuous
history of the national reunification
movement which started with the division
of the nation shows that as long as the
"National Security Law" exists in south
Korea, no progress will be made in the
north-south relations. Today the reality
in which the patriotic forces of
reunification and democracy are being
suppressed by the " National Security Law"
in south Korea and the north-south
relations are in the worst state requires
democratization as an imperative task. The
"National Security Law" which distresses
the south
Korean people and causes harm to all the
nation must be abolished, and political
freedom and democratic rights, such as the
freedom of discussion and activity of
political parties, groups and strata for
national reunification must be guaranteed
in south Korea.
These problems must be solved to improve
the north-south relations and open a new
phase for national reunification.
If the south Korean
authorities give up the present
anti-national and anti-reunification
confrontation policy and make positive
change in practice to live up to the
expectation of the entire nation, we will
meet them at any time to negotiate with an
open heart about the destiny of the nation
and make joint efforts for the country's
reunification. We will watch their
attitude and actions.
In order to find a
correct solution to the Korean question,
the countries concerned must play a
positive role with a sincere attitude of
helping Korea's
reunification. They must respect the
sovereignty and the reunification
will of our nation and closely cooperate to
facilitate our nation's effort to reunify
their country independently and
peacefully. The United States,
a party who is directly responsible for
the Korean question, must sincerely
implement its signed commitment and duty.
It must radically
change its anachronistic policy towards Korea and
refrain from interfering with the
independent and peaceful reunification of
Korea.
We have no intention to regard the United States
as our eternal sworn enemy; we hope to
normalize the Korea-U.S. relationship. The
Korea-U.S. relations will be developed in
the interests of the peoples of the two
countries if the United States
rids itself of the outdated idea of the
cold-war age,
desists from approaching the Korean
question with power politics and
facilitates the peace and reunification of
the Korean peninsula.
Japan,
which imposed immeasurable misfortune and
disaster upon our people in the past, must
sincerely reflect upon her past, give up
her hostile policy towards our Republic
and stop instigating the division of Korea
and hindering her reunification.
Then we will take a
friendly approach to Japan,
our neighbor, and the abnormal relations
between Korea
and Japan
will be improved.
The future of our
people's struggle for the country's
reunification is not smooth, but the
reunification of their country, the
cherished desire of our nation, will be
achieved without fail.
When Korea
is reunified, our country will make its
appearance on the world arena with great
dignity as a rich and powerful,
independent and sovereign state with a 70
million population, and our nation will
exalt its pride of being a resourceful,
dignified and great nation. We must unfold
a nationwide struggle to carry out the
great leader Comrade Kim
Il
Sung's
instructions for reunification and thus
hasten the historic day when our 70
million compatriots will live happily in
the unified country.