A deputy editor of The New Nigerian in a statement on Jan. 10 supported the editorial which calls for defusing the confrontation, removing the potential danger of a war and advancing dialogue and negotiations between the north and the south.

Just is the struggle of the Korean people to foil outsiders' move to ignite a new war on the Korean Peninsula, he said.

Progressive mankind is expressing solidarity with the Koreans for national reunification. Another decade of the 21st century will be a decade of reunification for all the Koreans, he added.

The south Korean authorities should halt its treacherous and anti-reunification actions and opt for genuine peace and reunification, he urged.