He issued a statement on Mar. 10 which said:

The imperialists are staging war exercises against socialist Korea again at a time when the Korean people are working hard to mark the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung most significantly in 2012.

The U.S. is instigating the south Korean puppet army to launch the war exercises against the DPRK.

The U.S. and south Korea are making desperate efforts to provoke a war but they can never bring the Korean people to their knees.

Yankees should know that they can not touch even a blade of grass of the DPRK.

The progressive political parties of the world bitterly reject any attempt to invade the DPRK.

The south Korean puppet forces are running whole gamut of intrigues together with the reckless military exercises to stifle socialist Korea.

Their provocation will get them nowhere. And it will spark off the Korean people's bitter hatred for them.

Socialist Korea with the invincible Korean People's Army will deal a decisive counterattack to the U.S. imperialist aggressors and the south Korean puppet forces.