Rodong Sinmun Saturday says this in a bylined article.

It goes on:

It is a law governing the development of history that the aggressors and oppressors are bound to go to ruin whereas the popular masses are sure to triumph in the struggle for independence.

World political circles are now paying great attention to the political mode of independence.

This mode means maintaining an independent stand in politics.

Political independence is the first criteria and life and soul of an independent and sovereign state.

Now that the imperialists are working hard to dominate the world by force, it is a daydream to calculate one can persuade them and make them understand by dint of a theory or eloquence.

Confrontation with the hegemonic forces means a showdown in ideology and, at the same time, in strength.

Now that the imperialists are resorting to high-handed and arbitrary practices with sophism that the strong is a dominator and defeating others means justice, any weak nation can hardly protect justice and is bound to become slaves and meet death.

If one is weak, one cannot defend oneself no matter how persistently one may claim justice.

It is the best way of winning a victory in the confrontation with the hegemonic forces to build up one's own strength.

It is necessary to react to the hard-line policy of the imperialists with the toughest actions. This is the legitimate right of the countries and nations advocating independence and an independent mode of reaction to emerge victorious in the confrontation with the imperialists.