Last Word From North Affirms Common Roots
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From Times Wire Reports
With warm words for South Korea, North Korean loudspeakers blared a final propaganda message across the demilitarized zone: “We, from one blood and using one language, can no longer live separated.”
The last broadcast in strident exchanges dating from the 1950-53 Korean War included harsh words for the United States -- “the root cause of suffering and misfortune that our people are experiencing.” Under an agreement between the Koreas, the South also halted its broadcasts.
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