An officer of the Korean People's Internal Security Forces (KPISF), Choe Myong Ho, told KCNA:

"Not content with having created an atmosphere of nuclear war on the Korean Peninsula even during the mourning period in the DPRK, the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors in south Korea dared to hurt the dignity of our supreme leadership. This group can never be pardoned.

Men and officers of our unit are waiting for an order to mercilessly annihilate traitor Lee and the military warmongers, including Defence Minister Kim Kwan Jin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Jong Sung Jo."

A KPISF officer, Ri Ho Gil, said:

"Now that our-style scared war was declared, we will show the U.S. imperialist warmongers and the Lee group of traitors what our arms and real war are like, by dint of the might of Songun (military-first) politics.

Our revolutionary forces, guided by Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un, will wipe out the aggressors and traitors through unpredictable and merciless punishment."

A department director of the C.C., General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea, Kim Kang Ho, said:

"Traitor Lee Myung Bak and his lackeys Kim Kwan Jin and Jong Sung Jo still do not have a correct understanding of the DPRK.

It is the resolute temper of all servicepersons and civilians in the DPRK not to forgive anyone who does harm to its dignity, sovereignty and its socialist system.

We will surely force the Lee group to pay dearly for its high treasons."