This idea reflects the will to reject foreign forces for aggression and reunify the country in an independent manner and the aspiration and desire of the members of the nation to achieve the unity of the fellow countrymen irrespective of ideology and system, the article notes, and goes on:

The validity and vitality of the idea of "By our nation itself" have been clearly proved in the reality of the June 15 era of reunification.

The era which had made dynamic advance in the idea of "By our nation itself" proved that when all Koreans in the north and the south and abroad pool their efforts, wisdom and enthusiasm, aspiring after national cooperation, they can successfully settle their issues no matter how desperately foreign forces may work to block them and no matter how complicated the situation is. It is possible to achieve national independence and unity and the country's peace and reunification when the Koreans advance under the uplifted banner of "By our nation itself". Specific ways may vary in the struggle for national reunification according to the changing situation but the principle and stand on national independence and unity remain unchanged.

All Koreans in the north and the south and abroad should unite close under the banner of "By our nation itself" and wage a nationwide patriotic struggle for reunification and thus usher in a new phase of national reunification this year without fail.