It is the invariable stand of the WPK to achieve the country's reunification on the principle of national independence, the article says, and goes on:

The June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration correctly reflect the desire and demand of all Koreans for rejecting foreign forces and realizing the independent reunification by the united efforts of the nation. The adoption of these declarations, a reunification program common to the nation, and the admirable success made in the inter-Korean relations after it are a vivid demonstration of the validity and vitality of the WPK's principle of independent reunification.

It is the consistent principle of the WPK to reunify the country in a peaceful way.

The WPK has waged a dynamic struggle for national reunification under the banner of peaceful reunification over the past 60 years. The proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo advanced by President Kim Il Sung at the 6th Congress of the WPK is the most patriotic and just proposal which embodied the principle of peaceful reunification. Nothing is better than the federation proposal in realizing national reunification. All Koreans at home and abroad are now making a vigorous struggle to materialize the federation proposal clarified in the historic June 15 joint declaration, zealously supporting it. This goes to prove the validity of the WPK's principle of peaceful reunification.

It is the fundamental principle of national reunification advocated by the WPK to realize the country's reunification by pooling efforts of all Koreans.

The WPK regarded patriotism and the spirit of national independence as basis for national unity. The 10-point programme of great unity of the whole nation advanced by Kim Il Sung and the five-point policy for great national unity set forth by General Secretary Kim Jong Il on the sacred road for national unity have served as the banner of national reconciliation and unity and as the guidelines of action.

"By our nation itself", the idea of national unity, became a steadfast idea common to the nation and solidarity and alliance among the Koreans of different strata at home and abroad for national reunification have grown stronger than ever before on a nationwide scale. This is a shining fruition of the WPK's energetic efforts for achieving the country's reunification through the concerted efforts of the nation.