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The Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea and south Korea's Federation of Trade Unions and Confederation of Trade Unions issued the following joint statement on June 15: Workers in the north and the south will discharge in the van the duty facing the nation at the historic turning point that our nation brought by its own efforts, overcoming the hill of ordeal and crisis.
   It is the most primary task for co-existence and co-prosperity of the nation to put an end to the history of mistrust and confrontation and establish a durable peace-keeping regime on this land.
   A total end should be put to the state of war which stopped on July 27, 1953. Moreover, a peace accord should be concluded to completely terminate the war crisis and realize lasting peace.
   At the historic turning point made in 73 years of division, the workers in the north and the south will do their best to settle the historic task facing our nation.
   All the workers in the north and the south will take the lead in getting the armistice agreement abrogated and realizing a peace accord.
   Today the idea of By Our Nation Itself, clarified in the June 15 joint declaration, was developed into the principle of national independence in the Panmunjom declaration.
   The party most responsible for peace and reunification is just our nation.
The workers in the north and the south will conduct all their activities strictly in the spirit of By Our Nation Itself and the principle of national independence and stand in the van of struggle to decisively reject domination and interference of outsiders obstructive to peace and reunification.
   They will resolutely struggle against any attempt to impair the Panmunjom declaration and do their best for the unceasing implementation of the declaration.
   The statement expressed the firm resolve of all the workers in the north and the south to dynamically usher in a new era of peace and independent reunification.

Source: KCNA/Rodong Sinmun, 6.18
 

The (south)Korean version, published last Friday(6.15) by KCTU you'll get here.