Absolutely intolerable, the statement said, is the criminal plots of traitor Lee Myung Bak to bring to naught the precious successes made by the concerted efforts of all Koreans since the publication of the June 15 joint declaration and to do harm to the fellow countrymen in cahoots with outside forces.

The frantic racket of confrontation with the DPRK kicked up by the Lee Myung Bak group over the sinking of the warship "Cheonan" is an open declaration of war against the DPRK and a heinous criminal act of pushing the inter-Korean relations to the brink of a war, the statement noted, and went on:

The group is crying out for additional "sanctions" against the DPRK in defiance of the unanimous desire of all Koreans for reunification and peace, but this will only bring it self-destruction.

Neither peace of the nation nor the country's reunification is expected as long as traitor Lee Myung Bak is allowed to stay in power.

The officials of Chongryon and Koreans in Japan will resolutely smash the scheme of traitor Lee Myung Bak, the wicked foe of the nation, to ignite a war by pooling efforts with all other fellow countrymen in the north and the south and abroad.