Rodong Sinmun on Federal FormulaRodong Sinmun, DPRK's leading newspapaer carried a signed article on June 25. The main points of the article,released by the Korean Central News Agency(KCNA),are as follows:Korea must be reunified through federal formula based on the conception of one nation, one state, two systems and two governments on the principle of allowing no one side to swallow up the other side or being swallowed up. The proposal for reunification by federal formula calls for achieving the country's reunification by leaving the differing systems and governments existing in the north and the south as they are and building a unified national state. Though there is heterogeneity related to the two differing systems in the north and the south which have lasted for 55 years, the two systems can surely co-exist within the framework of the one nation and one unified state if based on the commonness of the nation which has been formed and consolidated for thousands of years. The issue of unifying the differing systems in the north and the south as one may be left to posterity to settle it slowly in future. But the issue of building a unified state as one nation, transcending difference in ideologies and systems, is the supreme task of the nation whose fulfillment brooks no further delay. History proves that Korea cannot be reunified by means of conquering the other side. In other words, its reunification allows neither war nor a peaceful method that involves this process. Reunifying the country through federal formula based on the conception of one nation, one state, two systems and two governments is the great principle of achieving national reunification in keeping with the specific conditions of Korea. The principle is applied to the proposal for founding the Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo (DFRK) advanced by the great leader Kim Il Sung. The proposal for founding the DFRK is the most realistic and easonable, fair and aboveboard proposal for reunification acceptable to anyone who loves the country and the nation and truly wants reunification. If the country is reunified by federal formula, the north and the south will realize the nation's cherished desire for reunification with their interests not being encroached upon, and will demonstrate to the world the resourceful and proud image of the reunified nation. |
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