Rodong Sinmun Sunday observes in a bylined commentary in this regard:

This is the thrice-cursed hooliganism committed by those who are bereft of even elementary etiquette and morality and the gravest politically motivated provocation against the DPRK.

The recent ceaseless hideous provocations are products of the premeditated anti-DPRK smear campaigns staged by the Lee Myung Bak group. The south Korean authorities, too, must know well that how deeply the army and people of the DPRK revere their leaders and hold them in high esteem. Nevertheless, they caused such most serious case. The above-said facts indicate that their provocations are deliberate and premeditated actions to rattle nerves of the DPRK and drive the inter-Korean relations to an uncontrollable catastrophe.

The recent case is a continuation of the ceaseless provocations made by the south Korean authorities against the DPRK in a bid to bring the inter-Korean relations to a total collapse and ignite a war of aggression against the north and their height.

The above-said provocation perpetrated by villains of the puppet army under the prevailing touch-and-go situation is something which can be perpetrated only by those keen to ignite a war.

The service personnel of the strong revolutionary army of Mt. Paektu are anxiously waiting for an order to wipe out the sworn enemy Lee group of traitors. All of them are bound to be finished off by the arms of the DPRK.