Rodong Sinmun Tuesday observes this in a signed commentary.

Explaining the reason why the tragedy occurred, the proceeding of evacuees' protest and how it was suppressed, the commentary says that traitor Lee is behind the brutal crackdown.

It goes on:

This being a hard reality, "Chongwadae" and the "Grand National Party" gentries have the effrontery to talk about "force behind the scene," openly defending the killers instead of punishing them. This is a revelation of their criminal intention to divert elsewhere the angry public criticism of the perpetrators of the above-said murder and gloss over the case at any cost.

The Lee group remains unperturbed by the death of innocent people and is keen to pass the buck for it to the victims. This fully discloses its unpopular attitude and stand.

It has become clearer that traitor Lee's "pragmatic policy" is nothing but an unpopular fascist rule utterly indifferent to people's lives and interests and a man-killing policy of turning the whole of south Korea into a tundra of human rights and a graveyard of democracy.

The above-said tragedy teaches the south Korean people once again the bitter lesson that they can neither realize their strong desire for independence, democracy and national reunification nor protect their lives as long as the above-mentioned "fascist regime" is allowed to ride roughshod.

The south Korean people's resentment at the Lee group is running high as it has enforced such unpopular misrule since it came to power.

Neither appeasement nor deception nor fascist suppression on the part of the group of traitors can calm down the angry south Koreans.