The bulletin in an article noted that the tower was erected in 2001 marking the 56th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

General Secretary Kim Jong Il formulated the three principles of national reunification, the ten-point programme of the great unity of the whole nation and the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo, advanced by President Kim Il Sung, as the three charters for Korea's reunification and set them forth as the important guideline to be adhered to by all Koreans desirous of national reunification, the bulletin said, adding:

The tower remains the strong pillar for reunification in the hearts of all Koreans, who have turned out in the struggle to add luster to the June 15 era of reunification under the banner of the north-south joint declaration.