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

These outbursts are nothing but a hideous act of treachery as they are aimed at covering up the crimes of Japan and encouraging it in its moves for reinvasion of Korea and a revelation of a sinister intention to realize the ambition for confrontation with fellow countrymen at any cost in conspiracy with outside forces.

The group of traitors took sides with the Japanese reactionaries, talking about "cooperation" with them at a time when the U.S. and Japanese reactionaries are getting evermore undisguised in their moves to stifle the DPRK under the pretext of its nuclear activities for self-defense. This goes to clearly prove that their scenario to escalate the confrontation with the DPRK and do harm to it by relying on outside forces has reached an extremely reckless phase.

The Lee group is the group of wicked traitors which is so unashamed as to kiss the sworn enemy of the nation for the purpose of achieving its objective of confrontation and realizing its ambition to ignite a war against the north.

It is a sheer daydream for the Lee group to bring down the DPRK through cooperation with outside forces. This attempt of the group will only invite bitter curses of the fellow countrymen and precipitate their stern judgment and its self-destruction.

The Lee group would be well advised to bear this in mind and stop such sycophancy and treachery as colluding with outside forces in betrayal of the nation.