Sure realization of national reunification With the approach of the  2 4 th   anniversary of demise of President  Kim Il Sung , the Korean nation and world progressive are feeling their immense yearning for President Kim Il Sung , benevolent father of the nation and the sun of Juche.     “Everything falls into the shade as time goes by, however, ardent yearning of the people for the President is boundless. President  Kim Il Sung  is the great father of the nation who made his lifelong dedication to the people's happiness.”   “His whole life was brilliant one during which he thought of national reunification and did everything possible for the country’s reunification.” South Korean people of different strata highly eulogize President  Kim Il Sung  who laid a solid foundation for national reunification and the prosperity of posterity to come by working heart and soul in his lifetime. Deeply grieving over the national division, President  Kim Il Sung  devote his time and

Fundamental Principle for Independent Reunification       46 years have elapsed since the publication of the historic July 4 Joint Statement. At the initiative proposition of and under the guidance of President  Kim Il Sung , the high-level political talk between the north and the south of Korea was held in Pyongyang in May 1972 for the time in the history of national division. In order to reunify the country, it is necessary to establish the fundamental principles correctly, which can provide the basis for the solution of the reunification question. This is most important. Only when there are fundamental principles agreed upon by the north and the south, can the two sides make joint efforts for reunification and successfully solve all problems concerning it, the President clarified his grand plan for reunification when he had conversations with the south Korean delegate to the talk who had on a visit to Pyongyang. It was a just principle of national reunification that the

For Democratization of Society On June 28, the Association for Supporting Prisoners of Conscience of the Family Movement for Realizing Democracy called the 1177 th  Thursday rally in Seoul to strongly demand release of all conscientious prisoners and abolition of the National Security Law. As long as the NSL is enforced, the issue of human rights abuse and acquittal of conscientious prisoners are impossible and innocent people including former member of the Unified Progressive Party Lee Seok-gi are behind the bars, they sharply criticized.    Now that inter-Korean relations are improving all conscientious prisoners detained the past should be released and reinstated, they stressed. They chanted slogans in demand of acquittal of conscientious prisoners, while strongly demanding repeal of the NSL.  On the same day, a civic organization held a news conference in front of the Supreme Court to strongly demand strict investigation into Lee Seok-gi plot and reinstatement of