Rodong Sinmun today observes in a signed commentary in this regard:

The above-said reckless behavior of the GNP clans is nothing but a reckless act to increase the military tension on the Korean Peninsula and ignite a war of aggression against the north as it is a revelation of the extreme hostility toward the north and an attempt to escalate the confrontation with it.

This year is recorded with the unpardonable crimes the traitors of the GNP have committed by making desperate efforts to step up the confrontation with fellow countrymen and the moves for a war of aggression against the north, going against the desire of the nation for the peace and reunification of the country, the commentary notes, and goes on:

The hysteria kicked up by confrontational maniacs and political gangsters to call for the "strengthened posture to cope with the situation" even by touring the above-said area is an unpardonable criminal act to fan up the belligerency of the puppet army and prod it to step up the preparations for a war.

The inter-Korean relations driven to catastrophe at present prove that the GNP's seizure of power brought the successes made in the June 15 era of reunification to naught and exacerbated the confrontation between the north and the south and, consequently, a war is bound to break out in the end.

It is urgent to mete out a stern punishment of history to the GNP as early as possible as it is keen to escalate the inter-Korean confrontation and the moves for a war of aggression against the north as a private party of traitor Lee Myung Bak. Otherwise, the whole nation and the whole land of Korea will not be able to escape a nuclear disaster.