Two years ago, the south Korean puppet forces provoked the Yonphyong Island shelling incident by firing live shells at the territory of the DPRK despite the repeated warnings served by it, the statement said.

It was a premeditated provocation aimed to secure the recognition of the bogus "northern limit line" at any cost, it noted, adding:

But they paid a dear price for their reckless acts as Yonphyong Island was engulfed in flames by the retaliatory strikes made by the Korean People's Army.

The KPA demonstrated through the Yonphyong Island shelling its disposition, spirit and tremendous might as a powerful Paektusan revolutionary army which was developed by Generalissimo Kim Jong Il and is growing stronger by the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un, it said.

It went on:

Nevertheless, the south Korean puppet forces are ridiculously describing their defeat as "victory", inviting derision and criticism from the public.

They are moving to ignite a new war, far from drawing a lesson from their shameful defeat in the Yonphyong Island shelling.

But they can not overpower the KPA and the people of the DPRK united close around Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un.

The statement urged them to stop the farce against the DPRK.