Commenting on this, Rodong Sinmun Sunday says:

Such campaign of the puppet authorities is getting evermore pronounced on the threshold of the "elections to the local self-governing bodies." Lurking behind this is their criminal design to calm down the resentment of the angry people toward the "government" and repress the anti-"government" struggle of the progressive forces and thus tide over the ruling crisis through smooth "elections."

The conservative forces' "security" ruckus is nothing but a premeditated move aimed to push the political and military confrontation between the north and the south to the worst phase and ignite a war for aggression on the DPRK in conspiracy with foreign forces. It is also an anti-reunification repressive move intended to stifle the pro-reunification democratic forces demanding the reconciliation and unity with fellow countrymen and the national reunification.

Such campaign will bring nothing to the south Korean authorities. The more frantic the conservative forces are getting with the "security" racket over the warship sinking, the stronger the resentment and resistance of the people will grow.

In actuality prevailing in south Korea is the atmosphere of struggle to overthrow the dictatorship under veil of "pragmatism". People from all walks of life are slashing at the puppet authorities who are hell-bent on anti-DPRK confrontation with the "elections" at hand, creating a terror-ridden atmosphere. The progressive forces are all out in the struggle with resolution and will to turn the upcoming "elections" into a stage for punishing the treacherous regime. This movement shows that the group of traitors' "security" racket does not work on the south Korean people and, accordingly, the group can not get rid of a stern judgment by the people.