National independence is the fundamental principle to be adhered to in settling the affairs of the nation.

A nation is responsible for its internal affairs and has the force to propel their settlement.

The north-south relations are an internal affair of the Korean nation in any respect, a matter to be settled by the concerted efforts of the north and the south.

All problems arising between the north and the south should be settled on the principle of By the Korean Nation Itself from A to Z.

The Korean nation is no longer a weak one that had been subject to ruin and division after being deprived of its sovereignty by foreign forces, and it has grown to be a resourceful and powerful one capable of attaining national reunification and carving out its destiny by itself.

There is no problem unsolvable if the Korean nation has the transparent view and stance and firm courage and self-confidence to solve the issue of the nation, the issue of reunification.

To maintain national independence is a bitter lesson drawn from the long-standing history of national division.

The outsiders who enforced division on the Korean nation never present the reunification to it. And they will never wish to see the Korean nation getting strong through reunification.

The Korean nation's affair, the matter of reunification, can never be settled with any others' approval or help.

The Koreans should only worship their nation and trust its might and discuss the issue of national reunification with their fellow countrymen.

The more complicated and acute the situation on the Korean Peninsula gets, the more firmly the Korean nation should adhere to the principle of independence in settling its internal affairs, the issue of national reunification.

All compatriots in the north and the south of Korea and abroad should never allow outsiders' interference and tyranny to keep the Korean nation divided forever and dominate the Korean Peninsula and the region, but settle the national issue, the issue of reunification, in line with the independent demands of the nation on the principle of national self-determination.