calendar>>February 4. 2013 Juch 102

Rodong Sinmun Slams Lee Myung Bak for Kicking Up "Sanctions" Racket against DPRK

Pyongyang, February 4 (KCNA) -- Traitor Lee Myung Bak of south Korea cried out for "getting fully ready" to cope with the all-out action taken by the DPRK to defend the country's sovereignty while calling it an "additional provocation" and an "open threat". The group of traitors vowed to "impose sanctions stronger than what the UN had done against the DPRK" in case of "additional provocation from it", saying that south Korea would discuss in close touch with the U.S., Japan, etc. the issue related to "additional sanctions."

What the Lee group uttered is a traitorous crime to justify and escalate its anti-DPRK "sanctions" racket by branding the DPRK as a "provoker", and realize the group's ambition for "unification of social systems" which it has so far sought, says Rodong Sinmun Monday in a bylined commentary.

The "additional" and "stronger sanctions" touted by the Lee group is a revelation of the bellicose nature of those keen on escalating confrontation with the DPRK, the news analyst says, and goes on:

The DPRK considers the Lee group's remarks nothing more than the bluffing of those who were upset by the DPRK's strong will to take toughest stand.

Confrontation outbursts of the Lee group can neither frighten the DPRK nor put a brake in the way of its advance.

It is the answer of the DPRK to react to provocation with prompt counterstrike and an aggression war with a just grand war for national reunification.