Rodong Sinmun Saturday says in a bylined article:

It is the requirement of the era and the trend of the times to achieve national reconciliation and unity and improve the inter-Korean relations.

Only when the inter-Korean relations of distrust and confrontation are replaced with those of reconciliation and unity, is it possible to achieve the country's peace and prosperity common to the nation and pave a wide avenue for national reunification.

No one is allowed to commit any action against reunification quite contrary to the trend of the times towards improving the inter-Korean relations. What is required by the north and the south of Korea is not saber-rattling, but dialogue and cooperation for promoting the relations.

It is an urgent task of the era whose solution brooks no further delay to improve the inter-Korean relations.

None of the Koreans wants the north-south confrontation. It is necessary to settle the abnormal relations between the north and the south as early as possible. The north and the south should work hard to improve their relations, wiping out extreme misunderstanding and distrust, respecting and trusting each other, putting aside differences and seeking common points.

The efforts to mend the inter-Korean relations are related to the peace, reunification and prosperity common to the nation desired by the compatriots.

Whether the inter-Korean relations are improved or not entirely depends on the attitude of the new authorities in south Korea.

The efforts made for the country and the nation will last long as traces of patriotism but the acts of treachery will be cursed forever.