The above-said declarations serve as the banners for achieving independent reunification as they help solve the issue of national destiny by the efforts of the Koreans and banners of struggle which instill confidence and optimism about reunification into all of them and give fullest play to their patriotic enthusiasm, the article notes, and goes on:

The shortcut to improving the north-south relations and achieving independent reunification and peace and prosperity lies in thoroughly implementing the idea of "By our nation itself", the basic spirit of the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.

Thanks to the publication of the declarations the Korean nation achieved successes unprecedented in the history of national division.

The north-south relations of mistrust and confrontation were replaced by those of reconciliation, unity and cooperation and there took place multi-faceted dialogues, contacts, visits and exchanges between the north and south and all these put strong spurs to the cause of national reunification.

The implementation of the north-south joint declarations is a starting point for reenergizing the process for developing the relations between the north and the south and the reunification movement and there is no force on earth to overpower the might of the Korean nation working hard, guided by the spirit and letter of the joint declarations.

How to approach the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration is a touchstone distinguishing patriotism from treachery and reunification from division. Whoever desires the reunification of the country and the prosperity of the nation should resolutely uphold the inter-Korean declarations and fulfill his or her responsibility and duty in the struggle for implementing them as a member of the nation.