The group of traitors kicked off Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises together with the U.S. imperialists, creating a touch-and-go situation on the Korean Peninsula, the statements said, adding that not content with this, the Lee group undisguisedly hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.

They went on:

Unpardonable is the Lee group, the corrupt and depraved villains, who again rubbed salt into the wounds of the fellow countrymen who are still mourning over the loss of the great father of the nation.

Traitor Lee Myung Bak, wicked sycophant and traitor, deserves stern hammer blow.

We will value as our own lives the absolute authority and dignity of the peerlessly great men of Mt. Paektu, benevolent father and great teacher, and resolutely protect them.

No matter what desperate efforts the group of traitors may make, we will make tangible contributions to the building of a thriving nation and the cause of the country's reunification with the belief that we are sure to triumph as long as we are under the leadership of the dear respected Kim Jong Un.