Pyongyang, August 17 (KCNA) -- Ten years have passed since the Three Charters for National Reunification Memorial Tower was erected in Pyongyang.

The memorial tower was unveiled on August 14, Juche 90 (2001), a day before the 56th anniversary of the country's liberation from the Japanese colonial rule.

Thenceforth, more than 900 000 people have visited the tower.

Some 15 500 of them are overseas Koreans and foreigners belonging to nearly 3 000 groups.

The arch-style memorial tower covers over 100 000 square meters, with its platform embossed with group sculptures.

The tower is 30 meters high and 61.5 meters wide, symbolizing the three charters for national reunification and the June 15 joint declaration.

The tower portrays two women in Korean dress holding up the emblem of the three charters.

The tower's weight, 7 000 tonnes, mirrors the strong will of the 70 million Koreans to pool efforts and reunify the country.

Standing near the tower is a monument containing President Kim Il Sung's proposition.

On display there are some 820 stone pieces presented by state and party leaders and prominent figures of other countries, and south and overseas Koreans.

When the tower was unveiled, the stone pieces numbered 740.

Many pro-reunification events, including a grand festival for national reunification in 2001, took place there.