His visit to the DPRK was fully supported by all the Koreans at home and abroad as it was a manifestation of his firm will to instill patriotism for reunification into the Koreans and give a steady continuity to the trend of independent reunification, and a quite just and righteous action to defend and implement the June 15 joint declaration and achieve national reconciliation and unity, the statement said, and went on:

By arresting him the Lee Myung Bak regime self-exposed the anti-reunification nature of the authorities of the south side who persistently pursue division and confrontation against improved south-north relations and the peaceful reunification of the country, to say nothing of the implementation of the June 15 joint declaration.

The Lee regime should stop suppressing Rev. Han and immediately set him free, the statement urged, declaring that they would resolutely foil the south side authorities' unwarranted moves to punish the reverend.