It goes on:

It is the unanimous desire of humankind and the trend of the times to do away with the leftover of the Cold War Era and build a peaceful world.

It is the Korean people who more ardently desire peace and stability than any others.

It is the long-cherished desire and aspiration of the Korean nation to free the peninsula from confrontation and war and terminate the division and live in peace in a reunified country.

But the most acute military confrontation in the world persists on the peninsula.

Huge U.S. forces are permanently present in south Korea and in its vicinity, watching for a chance to ignite a nuclear war against the DPRK anytime.

It is thanks to the strong military power of the DPRK that the second Korean war, nuclear war, has not broken out on the peninsula.

But for the DPRK's powerful war deterrent, the Koreans would have suffered the same war disaster as Iraqis did long ago.

The Korean people are now building a socialist thriving nation to be proud of before the world despite the persistent politico-military pressure and sanctions of the U.S.-led international reactionary allied forces.

The sanctions and military pressure, however, never work on the DPRK.

The U.S. should not pay lip-service to the peace and stability on the peninsula but show its will by responding to the DPRK's proposal for concluding a peace treaty.