Jo Il Min, chief of the Pyongyang mission of the AINDF, said this when interviewed by KCNA on Monday.

The New Year Address made by the dear respected Marshal Kim Jong Un gives fresh strength and courage to the patriotic people in the south, he said, and continued:

Kim Jong Un declared in his New Year Address that what is important for putting an end to the division of the country and achieving its reunification is to defuse the confrontation between the north and the south.

Upon listening to his historic address, all the fellow countrymen are dynamically turning out in the great advance for building a reunified and prosperous thriving nation in sky-high spirit full of hope and confidence.

However, the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors in south Korea has frantically kicked up confrontation rackets and stepped up war moves from the outset of the year, chilling the enthusiasm for national reunification.

Such reckless moves of the rabid dogs are an open challenge to all Koreans hoping for the improved south-north relations greeting the New Year.

The patriotic people in the south bitterly denounce the warmongers for bringing the danger of war, getting frantic with the confrontation with compatriots from the outset of the year.

The reunification of the country is the greatest national task that brooks no further delay and long-cherished desire of the fellow countrymen.

Victory in the cause of independent reunification of the country is sure to come thanks to Marshal Kim Jong Un.