This is evidenced by the tragic situation where the joint national event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the publication of the June 15 joint declaration failed to take place, the article notes, and goes on:

The fellow countrymen in the north and the south and overseas planned to hold the joint national event and significantly celebrate the 15th anniversary of the joint declaration. But such desire was dashed.

The south Korean authorities put up absurd preconditions and deliberately laid hurdles in the way of the event, making it abortive and once again bringing to light their true colors as confrontation maniacs.

The above-said grave situation once again proves that no progress can be expected from the inter-Korean relations as long as the south Korean regime's negative stand on the declaration, ie, its confrontation policy towards the DPRK remains unchanged.

The south Korean authorities should not mislead public opinion at home and abroad by putting up the hypocritical signboard of "dialogue" but show their will to respect and implement the June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration in practice, concludes the article.