{"id":57426,"date":"2018-01-25T06:46:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57426"},"modified":"2018-01-25T06:46:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:46:22","slug":"north-korea-sends-rare-announcement-to-all-koreans-calls-for-unification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/north-korea-sends-rare-announcement-to-all-koreans-calls-for-unification.html","title":{"rendered":"North Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea sent a rare announcement addressed to \u201call Koreans at home and abroad\u201d on Thursday, saying they should make a \u201cbreakthrough\u201d for unification without the help of other countries, its state media said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It said all Koreans should \u201cpromote contact, travel, cooperation between North and South Korea\u201d while adding Pyongyang will \u201csmash\u201d all challenges against reunification of the Korean peninsula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The announcement, issued after a joint meeting of government and political parties, added Koreans should wage an energetic drive to defuse the acute military tension and create a peaceful climate on the Korean peninsula.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Military tension on the Korean peninsula was a \u201cfundamental obstacle\u201d for the improvement of inter-Korean relations and unification, the North\u2019s official news agency said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It added joint military drills with \u201coutside forces\u201d has shown to be unhelpful for the development of relations between North and South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">North Korea did not provide details why the meeting had been held but the statement said it was aimed to support leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s remarks regarding unification from his New Year\u2019s address. 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