The situation on the Korean Peninsula is now so tense that a war may break out right now due to the extremely escalated inter-Korean confrontation, the letter said, and went on:

No sooner had the puppet conservative group come to power than it trampled down upon all the achievements made since the June 15 joint declaration was published and rushed headlong into the confrontation with the DPRK. And it finally orchestrated such hideous charade as the case of the warship sinking, driving the inter-Korean relations to the present deplorable phase.

The case was by no means accidental and it was not caused by anyone's military attack.

The puppet group orchestrated such shocking charade as the case of the warship sinking in collusion with foreign forces when it found it impossible to realize its scenario to bring the inter-Korean relations to a collapse in violation of the June 15 joint declaration, revive the pro-U.S. fascist dictatorship in south Korea and achieve its ambition for invading the DPRK.

The Lee Myung Bak group earned an ill-fame by importing beef from cattle infected with mad cow disease to take lives of people, and killing evacuees in Ryongsan. These fascist ogres did not hesitate to leave dozens of seamen of the puppet navy buried at sea for the purpose of faking up a conspiratorial case.

The group of traitors is busy telling lies and hatching plots against the south Korean people. Now is the time to properly discern who speaks truth and justice, tells lies and advocates injustice and who stands for peace and seeks confrontation and war.

The Lee Myung Bak group is one of heinous quislings and bandits without equals as it has brought only disasters and misfortune to this land.

The "elections to local self-governing bodies" soon to be held in south Korea is not a mere competition for winning votes between the ruling and opposition parties to seize the local power but crucial political confrontation deciding peace or war and democracy or fascism.

It is clear that if ballots are cast for the Lee group, this will help the departed soul of the fascist dictatorship raise its head higher and throw the economy and the people's livelihood into more serious bankruptcy.

If the escalated military tension leads to an armed conflict, it will bring unspeakable disasters.

Votes for the Lee group mean ones for war and fascist dictatorship.

Standing at this crucial crossroads of war and fascist dictatorship and peace and democracy you should make a right choice, not allow yourselves to be deceived again but sternly judge the group of traitors, bearing deep in mind the responsibility and mission you have assumed before history and the nation.

This is the only way of preventing a war, saving peace, driving out fascism, regaining democracy and reviving the economy and people's livelihood.

All the people in the DPRK express conviction and expectation that you, the south Korean people, will fully demonstrate their stamina in the forthcoming "elections" by carrying forward with pride the glorious tradition of their struggle.