The statement accused Hyon of letting loose provocative remarks that "the north is accountable" for the "Cheonan" warship case and Yonphyong Island shelling case, while referring to those cases in Seoul on April 8.

Hyon's open distortion of the truth about the cases was little short of formally disclosing the Ministry of Unification's anti-reunification nature before the world, it held, and went on:

The minister of Unification of the Lee Myung Bak regime should explain before history and the nation who is responsible for forcing young soldiers to die as he pursued a sycophantic and treacherous policy against the nation, reunification and the people, to all intents and purposes.

The said cases were caused, in essence, by the south side's sycophancy and treachery.