It goes on:

Contained in those declarations are all the principles and ways to solve the issue of reunification related to the destiny of the Koreans independently by their concerted efforts.

The June 15 era of reunification proved in practice that there is nothing difficult to settle in dealing with the reunification problem when Koreans join efforts with each other, not with outside forces.

To stand against the declarations and refuse to implement them is treachery for inciting confrontation between the north and the south and bringing about the danger of war.

If the declarations continued to be implemented, the north-south relations would have made bigger strides and an epochal phase opened up for national reunification.

But, the north-south relationship, which had developed on good terms, was turned back to that of distrust and confrontation with emergence of the conservative Lee Myung Bak "government" in south Korea. It was because the conservative ruling forces of south Korea refused to implement the said declarations, talking about "lost decade."

Since the Lee Myung Bak group came to power, there has been no joint national event for reunification, which had been held significantly with attendance of authorities and civilians of the north and the south.

Due to "adherence to principle" and "waiting strategy" persistently pursued by this conservative group, the inter-Korean relations were going to bad from the start. Later, these relations had been driven to total bankruptcy by the conspiratorial "Cheonan" warship sinking case and the provocative Yonphyong Island shelling case. The recent target case, hideous provocation to the DPRK, reduced the relations into uncontrollable catastrophe.

Today those working to defend and implement the declarations will be praised as patriots, but those denying and refusing to implement them will be cursed and forsaken as traitors by the nation, the article concludes.