Improving the inter-Korean relations is a primary requirement in reunifying the country, the article says, and goes on:

The destiny of the nation and the prospect of reunification hinge on the inter-Korean relations.

The Lee Myung Bak group deteriorated the inter-Korean relations. To mend these ties to swim with the trend of the times and meet the aspiration of all Koreans is the task whose implementation brooks no further delay.

In order to mend the inter-Korean relations, it is necessary to hold high the banner of "By our nation itself".

In order to improve the relations in the idea of "By our nation itself" it is imperative to thoroughly preserve and implement the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration.

Whether one respects and implements these declarations or not is a touchstone judging whether one stands for the improvement of inter-Korean relations and national reunification. It is nonsensical to talk about improved inter-Korean relations while turning away from the inter-Korean declarations. Doing so only proves that one opposes dialogue and improvement of inter-Korean relations and seeks confrontation and division.

All the Koreans in the north and the south and abroad should wage a dynamic struggle to improve the inter-Korean relations under the uplifted banner of "By our nation itself" and thus certainly open an epochal phase of national reunification this year.