N.K. upholds June summit declaration

North Korea said Saturday that as this year, the closing year of the 20th century, saw the outlook for Korean reunification brighten, the declaration made at the inter-Korean summit meeting on Jun. 15 ought to be thoroughly implemented under "the three principles of the unification of the fatherland."

The inter-Korean statement proclaimed the self-reliance of the nation and called on it to combine its total energies to herald a new age of independent national history, said Radio Pyongyang, North Korea's official mouthpiece.

It said the two sides had charted a path toward future unification of the fatherland on the basis of reconciliation and unity of the people on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone.

Ha Tae-Won scooop@donga.com