On receipt of the news, the army and people of Korea are expressing through mass media their will to mercilessly punish the aggressors who are running amok imprudently.

General Ri Chong Hak and officer Ju Chang Son of the KPA stated that the army will counter with resolute and merciless just war for reunification, should the aggressors intrude into the sky, land and seas of the DPRK even an inch.

Jang Hyon Chol, secretary of the Central Committee of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, said with emphasis that all the Korean young men and women are fully ready to wipe out the enemies to the last one if they pounce upon us.

Manager of the Ranam Coal Mining Machine Complex Choe Kwan Jun and Manager of the Kim Jong Thae Electric Locomotive Complex Kim Kyong Su emphasized that if traitor Lee Myung Bak and his ilk dare launch a war of aggression in league with the U.S. imperialists defying our repeated warnings, we will deal a sledgehammer blow of revenge at the war-maniacs.

Ho Nam Sun, chairperson of the Management Board of the Samjigang Co-op Farm in Jaeryong County, South Hwanghae Province, and Ri Jun Ho, a work-team leader of the Joyang Co-op Farm in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, noted that we have ranks united in one mind stronger than A-bomb.

Vice-president of the State Academy of Sciences Ri Song Uk said that there is no limit to our counter-blow and no one can predict or evade it, warning that the U.S. imperialists and the puppet bellicose elements must not run riot at random.