Condemning the U.S. claim that the lifting of the "May 24 step" needs its consent as an intolerable deed, the article said:

Now that a great progress is made in the north-south relations and national reunification, south Korea should reexamine the relations with the U.S.

The Korean nation, not outsiders, is responsible for the improvement of the north-south relations.

It is important to usher in an era of peaceful reunification and prosperity independently by revving up the atmosphere for national reconciliation, cooperation and reunification and lifting the "May 24 step" and realizing the north-south cooperation in reliance on the strength of the nation and by its united efforts.