Minju Joson Wednesday observes in a bylined commentary in this regard:

This reckless action of the regime is a revelation of its extreme antipathy toward fellow countrymen and consciousness of confrontation with them.

Its noisy trumpeting about the "principal enemy" is aimed to justify its moves to escalate confrontation with the DPRK, ignite a war and stoke hostility towards fellow countrymen and kick up war hysteria in a bid to use army officers and men as a shock brigade for carrying out its scenario for invading the DPRK.

By creating the most serious "security crisis" under the watchword of the "principal enemy" the regime seeks to divert elsewhere public attention and help the "Saenuri Party" stay in power.

Labeling the DPRK "the principal enemy" in the "white paper on defence" is little short of stipulating a scenario for a war against the DPRK.

The puppet regime is a group of confrontation and war maniacs pursuing confrontation and war moves against the DPRK, not interested in national reconciliation and unity and the improvement of the inter-Korean relations at all.

It is clear as noonday what catastrophic consequences the nation will face in case such group is allowed to stay in power. This would result in escalating confrontation, driving the inter-Korean relations into an uncontrollable phase and causing the flames of a new war to rage on the Korean Peninsula.

Disaster should be prevented.