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Rodong Sinmun Calls for Defending Peace through Nationwide Drive
Pyongyang, August 21 (KCNA) -- Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military exercises make all Koreans in the north and the south and abroad renew their pledge to turn out in the nationwide sacred war to resolutely meet the reckless challenges of the aggressors and achieve the cherished historic desire for national reunification, says Rodong Sinmun Tuesday in a bylined article.

The Korean nation has suffered from the country's division for nearly 70 years by foreign forces, the article notes, and goes on:

The Koreans have persistently struggled to reunify the country by devoting their blood and sweats. But the U.S. and the south Korean group of traitors have committed ceaseless moves for confrontation with the DPRK and a war of aggression against it, going against the strong aspiration of all the fellow countrymen at home and abroad for national unity and reunification. So, the Koreans in the north and the south have lived, being exposed to the constant danger of a war.

They can no longer tolerate the tragedy and sufferings of division and live in the danger of war. To mercilessly wipe out wicked confrontation maniacs and warmongers through the nationwide sacred war is the only way of achieving the national reunification, the cherished desire of the fellow countrymen, and guaranteeing the durable peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.

The Koreans will become victors in the just sacred war as they will turn out as one with surging hatred against the aggressors and quislings and with the patriotic will for reunification.

If the U.S. imperialists and the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors dare mount a preemptive attack on the DPRK, this will not be confined to a local war. The DPRK will not miss the golden opportunity and lead it to a great war for national renunciation.

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