The June 15 era of reunification was marked with days of joy and excitement as Koreans were improving the north-south relations and paving the road of independent reunification, peace and prosperity by pooling their will and efforts in the spirit of By Our Nation Itself under the banner of the north-south declarations, the article says, adding:

The north-south summit was held in Pyongyang in June Juche 89 (2000) for the first time in the history of national division and the June 15 joint declaration adopted. This ushered in the era of By Our Nation Itself, a new era of independent reunification.

In hearty response to the historic June 15 joint declaration reflecting the will of the nation for independent reunification, all Koreans turned out in the patriotic struggle to terminate the history of distrust and confrontation and achieve the country's reunification, full of confidence and optimism.

The movement for national reunification developed into a nation-wide movement with all Koreans involved, irrespective of authorities and NGOs and differences in ideology, political view, faction and party affiliation.

At a time when the north-south relations were put into the orbit of improvement after terminating the repetition of the vicious cycle of confrontation, talks between authorities were steadily held and there took place eye-opening events, something beyond imagination before.

Severed railways and roads were reconnected, air and sea routes opened and cooperation and exchange in various fields conducted between the north and the south, pleasing the compatriots desirous of reunification.

In order to improve the inter-Korean relations, it is necessary to dynamically revive the trend of the June 15 era of reunification under the uplifted banner of the three principles of national reunification and the north-south declarations.