Present there were media persons, foreign correspondents in Pyongyang, diplomatic envoys of various countries and military attaches of foreign embassies and representatives of international organizations here.

At the press conference Maj. General of the Korean People's Army Kwak Chol Hui, vice-director of the Policy Department of the NDC, informed its participants of the statement issued by a spokesman for the Supreme Command of the KPA denouncing the most hideous provocation made by the Lee group.

It is not the first time that the Lee group hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK and its mud-slinging is reaching a graver phase with each passing day, he noted, and went on:

The case of "targeting DPRK flags" at units of the three services of the puppet army, the case of slogans or placards hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK pasted at puppet army barracks and posts and military facilities and the case of "taking the portraits of the supreme leaders" of the DPRK as targets in firing ranges had already been disclosed.

The gravest criminal act of hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK was the worst treason committed by the group against the nation during the mourning period.

The gravity of the situation lies in that Lee Myung Bak masterminded the ideas of the above-said provocations and Kim Kwan Jin and Jong Sung Jo and other warmongers of the puppet military set them as "state tasks" and spearheaded them.

This hideous act of treachery aimed at escalating confrontation with the DPRK is considered as the most serious provocation by the army and people of the DPRK, given that the dark clouds of a war are hanging heavily over the Korean Peninsula due to the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military drills of the U.S. imperialists and the puppet forces

The world will clearly witness how miserable end traitor Lee and his servants meet in the merciless sacred war of all the service personnel and people of the DPRK who turned out to devotedly defend their own leader and the system.

The time will prove the militant traits of the strong revolutionary army of Mt. Paektu to react to the unjust war of aggression by the just sacred and offensive war after punishing the provocation with thousand fold retaliation.

He answered the questions put by reporters.

Clarifying the truth behind the provocation perpetrated by the group of traitors again this time, he noted:

It is the lesson drawn by the KPA and the truth it learned that it is necessary to wipe out all the traitors in order to put a definite end to such hideous provocation as hurting the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.

The south Korean puppet forces deteriorated the inter-Korean relations and even drove the situation to the brink of war in collusion with the U.S.

One of the sinister aims sought by them through these actions is to prevent their ruling foundation from shaking beyond control and prolong their remaining days.

Their another aim is to bring about "a change in the system" of the DPRK through their last-ditch efforts and bring it down at any cost.

The KPA's resolution to make retaliations has grown strongest. The service personnel are anxiously waiting for an order to make retaliatory strikes at the most wicked provokers.