Leading newspapers Friday observed in their signed commentaries in this regard:

By "proper preparations for unification" it meant preparations for the unification of systems.

Rodong Sinmun said: What the above-said ministry uttered in its working plan for next year was a vivid manifestation of its denial of dialogue and any process to improve the relations between the north and the south. It was a declaration of unification of systems quite contrary to the desire of the fellow countrymen for the independent and peaceful reunification of the country.

By "proper preparations for unification" it meant actively opting to lead unification before simply waiting for someone "to bring about an internal change."

It is as clear as noonday that these moves of the south Korean conservative forces will only result in precipitating the collapse of the inter-Korean relations and the further deterioration of the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

They will never succeed in realizing the above-said wild dream.

Minju Joson observed: Being colonial lackeys, the south Korean authorities feel uneasy even when their American master frowns at them. Yet they are dreaming of achieving "unification under liberal democracy" in face of the DPRK displaying its might with Songun. This only reminds one of the wild ambition of Don Quote.