The bulletin said:

There was the first north-south summit in Pyongyang in June 2000, at which the June 15 joint declaration calling for reunifying the country by the concerted efforts of the Korean nation was adopted.

The second north-south summit was held in October 2007 amid the powerful demonstration of the great vitality of the June 15 joint declaration, resulting in the adoption of the October 4 declaration.

HE Kim Jong Il, who protected the destiny of the country and the nation with his unique Songun politics and made a decisive turn in achieving Korea's reunification, is always lauded by the Korean people and the progressive mankind as a peerless patriot.

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un clarified in his New Year Address for this year that the relations between the north and the south of Korea should be improved to glorify the significant year 2018 as an eventful year to be specially recorded in the history of the nation.

The historic north-south summit meeting and talks were held on April 27 and the "Panmunjom declaration for peace, prosperity and reunification of the Korean peninsula" was made public.

The exploits of Kim Jong Un who ushered in a new era of independent reunification, shouldering the destiny of the country and the nation upon himself, will shine long.