Kim Hyong Ryong, commander of the 2nd Corps of the Korean People's Army, told KCNA:

"Not content with the powder-reeking war drills against the DPRK, the Lee group of human dregs committed the never-to-be-condoned high treasons.

This hideous provocation pushed our servicepersons into an uncontrollable fury, and they are now thirsting for revenge.

Our-style sacred war based on physical attack will bring to a definite end all the acts of the traitors to insult the dignity of our supreme leadership, and our armed forces will wipe out all of them to the last man."

Ri Yong Chol, first secretary of the C.C., Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, said:

"How can we repress our wrath at the Lee group of hooligans bereft of elementary morality?

We will bring an unparalleled traitor Lee Myung Bak and his lackeys to justice. This is the fixed will of the five million young people in the DPRK."

Kang Ji Yong, director of the Secretariat of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, said:

"The Lee group of gangsters will never find a breathing spell in this land and sky. We will surely force it to pay dearly for its high treasons.

The army and people of the DPRK do not make empty words."