Rodong Sinmun Wednesday says this in a bylined article.

The Lee group's policy of confrontation with compatriots is a policy against reunification as it is quite contrary to the idea of "By our nation itself", the keynote of the inter-Korean declarations, and a war policy blocking peace on the Korean Peninsula and national prosperity, the article notes, and goes on:

The Lee group's moves to escalate confrontation with fellow countrymen while denying the idea of "By our nation itself" have gone to such pass as daring hurt the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK.

It is quite natural for all Koreans who love the country and nation to slam the crimes perpetrated by the group of traitors and renew their determination to settle accounts with it a thousand times.

Had the Lee group not pursued a policy of confrontation with fellow countrymen and approached all issues from the viewpoint of giving priority to the nation and national interests, the inter-Korean relations would have not reached such phase of catastrophe where only confrontation persists without any dialogue and cooperation and a proud era of independent reunification, peace and prosperity would have been ushered in.

It is the unanimous desire and wish of all Koreans at home and abroad to reunify the country in a peaceful atmosphere free from aggression, war, domination and subjugation and achieve development and prosperity common to the nation.

The Koreans can never live in peace and the Korean Peninsula can hardly escape a nuclear holocaust as long as the Lee group of traitors is allowed to sell off national interests to outsiders, placing them above the nation.