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Rodong Sinmun Calls on All Koreans to Remain True to June 15 Joint Declaration
Pyongyang, June 13 (KCNA) -- Preserving the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration is a militant task facing all the Korean people, says Rodong Sinmun Monday in a by-lined article.

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Preserving the said declarations presents itself as a very important practical task now that the present conservative authorities of south Korea are making desperate efforts to scrap them in wanton violation of them.

The south Korean conservative group, which had been displeased with the June 15 era of reunification, openly refused to implement the north-south declarations as soon as it came to power, asserting that the new regime "is not obliged to implement" what the former regime agreed.

The south Korean conservative authorities not only torpedoed all the dialogues that had been under way to implement the inter-Korean declarations but challenged the sustained efforts made by the DPRK to hold dialogue for improving the inter-Korean relations and ushering in a new phase of peace and reunification.

The reality goes to prove that the denial and scrapping of the inter-Korean declarations precisely mean the collapse of the inter-Korean relations and an attempt to ignite a nuclear war.

The grave situation prevailing in Korea at present when the inter-Korean relations have reached the worst phase proves that if the prevailing crisis is to be defused and independent reunification, peace and prosperity are to be achieved it is necessary to decisively frustrate the anti-reunification actions of the south Korean conservative group and firmly preserve and implement the historic declarations.

All the Koreans in the north, the south and abroad are responsible for doing so. The implementation of the said declarations can never be expected as long as the south Korean conservative group is allowed to stay in power. The fate of the Korean nation hinges on how to preserve and implement them.

The destiny of the Korean people depends on preserving and implementing the declarations.

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