Reunification Rainbow [Subtitles] 

Korean title: 통일무지개
Splendid Answer
In June 2000 a historic north-south summit meeting was held in Pyongyang.
When the agreement on the joint declaration was announced, everyone present at the banquet was jubilant as if reunification itself had been realized.
Pointing to a picture on the wall opposite the table of honour, Chairman Kim Jong Il asked the guests from south Korea whether the picture depicted a morning glow or an evening glow.
After racking his brain for the answer, a south Korean minister eventually responded: It portrays a rising sun, symbolic of the bright future of the Korean nation.
The guests present there all nodded at his answer.
Unexpectedly, however, the Chairman shook his head and said that the glow in the picture was both a sunrise and a sunset.
His answer was so simple and yet correct that they could only admire him. They realized what he said was too significant to be a mere witty humorous remark-every judgement depends on one’s viewpoint, and the success of every undertaking is decided by one’s resolve.
If all the fellow countrymen were united in one mind under the banner of the declaration, the future of the nation would be as bright as the rosy, rising sun. On the contrary, the prospects for national reunification would be as murky as the evening if the declaration was not implemented, just remaining as a mere sheet of paper.
At the Chairman’s remarks of philosophical depth the south Korean guests were compelled to look back at their past standpoint towards the issue of reunification.
(Naenara, 2014)
When Korea Would Be Reunified?
In August 2000, Chairman Kim Jong Il met a delegation from the south Korean mass media.
Not to miss such a golden opportunity, the delegates competitively raised questions on him.
A delegate who had remained silent asked a question as to when Korea would be reunified.
After looking round the gathering, Kim Jong Il replied at once with a free and open looks: It depends on a decision by the north and south of Korea; depending on how we make up our minds and how the Korean people pool their efforts, Korea’s reunification can be resolved immediately or not.
The delegation was so overwhelmed by his ready answer that they could not but repress their admiration for him.
They wondered how he gave a prompt and perspicuous answer to the delicate and awkward question.
They were convinced that Korea would be reunified when its people pull together their efforts and achieve great national unity under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint declaration.
A truth is always a simple matter when understood later. The CEOs of the south Korean mass media had so far thought that the matter of national reunification is entangled with difficult and complicated problems, but Kim Jong Il gave a succinct account of when Korea would be reunified. They were deeply moved by his outstanding caliber.
(Naenara, 2014)