Minju Joson today observes in a signed commentary in this regard:

This was a hideous act of treachery perpetrated by a pro-Japanese stooge to do harm to the fellow countrymen in collusion with the sworn enemy of the nation.

No sooner had Ri Sang Hui become the said minister than worked with bloodshot eyes to stand in confrontation with compatriots. His call for pressurizing the "north to dismantle its nukes" fully reveals once again his true colors as a sycophant and traitor keen to do harm to fellow countrymen in league with outsiders.

It goes on:

He is the top-class traitor serving Japan who should be eliminated without delay. This traitor to the nation is still hell-bent on confrontation with compatriots and treachery, with his head raised, as he is backed by traitor Lee Myung Bak.

It is impossible to defend the sovereignty and dignity of the nation nor is it possible to improve the inter-Korean relations and achieve national reunification as long as the group of such traitors is allowed to stay in power.

Lee and his group had better stop the reckless anti-DPRK racket at once, mindful that the enemies of the nation are fated to go to ruin.