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

This is nothing but an artifice to pass the buck for the strained situation to the DPRK as it is a revelation of the high-handed policy of strength pursued by the U.S. accustomed to pressurizing and dictating others.

The U.S. should apologize for having reneged on the already agreed commitments and made a serious mockery of the sovereignty of the DPRK before talking about what it called "dialogue," the commentary urges, and goes on:

For the U.S. to pressurize the DPRK without fulfilling its commitments would only make the situation more complicated.

The U.S. is going so foolish as to try to attain its criminal aim by applying additional sanctions against the DPRK.

A scrutiny into what has happened so far since the emergence of the Obama Administration in the U.S. indicates that its hostile policy towards the DPRK is little different from what it used to be in the past and it is being further stepped up in a more cunning manner.

The U.S. warlike forces have singled out a pre-emptive nuclear attack on the DPRK as part of its scenario for a war against the DPRK.

It admits of no argument that the DPRK will take decisive measures to bolster up its nuclear deterrent under the uplifted banner of Songun as the U.S. increases the threat to infringe upon the sovereignty of the DPRK while escalating the moves to stifle it. These measures will surely prove effective in checking those moves of the U.S. and ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula.