The DPRK's projected satellite launch was prompted by the desire to further develop the nation's ultra-modern science and technology and contribute to the prosperity common to the nation and humankind, the commentary notes, and goes on:

This notwithstanding, the Lee group is mulling the participation in the PSI. This is, in the final analysis, a criminal scenario to ignite a war against compatriots by cooperating with foreign forces in their moves to isolate and stifle the DPRK.

The Lee group's projected participation in the PSI is an undisguised provocation to the DPRK and a declaration of a war of aggression against it.

The army and people of the DPRK will never overlook the Lee group's reckless maneuvers to invade it and escalate the confrontation with it but take prompt retaliatory measures against them.

The Lee group would be well advised to act with discretion, bearing in mind that its participation in the PSI would aggravate the military stand-off on the Korean Peninsula and spark off a war.